states Crossword Puzzles

Jack Kwartowitz 2nd Hour Gov. Final Project 2022-01-07

Jack Kwartowitz 2nd Hour Gov. Final Project crossword puzzle
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  1. gov. power limited by the constitution
  2. Countrys actions towards other countries
  3. agreements between countries
  4. to promote or support
  5. The U.S. document that holds the concept of federalism
  6. tally of all the votes cast
  7. things inside the United States
  8. Troops lead by the commander in chief
  9. Ruled by 1
  10. Broad powers kept by states
  11. principles, rules, or laws influenced by parties
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  1. "to assign"
  2. Powers denied by states
  3. states send these to congress
  4. the branch that makes laws
  5. a juvenile found guilty of a crime
  6. favoring one view or the other
  7. two chambers
  8. the person that is chosen to run as a candidate in the national convention
  9. No jury during trial so the judge gives the verdict
  10. less serious crimes that can be less than a year in jail or just a fine
  11. the branch that interprets laws
  12. makes the money and collects taxes
  13. serious crimes that are a punishment for more than a year in jail
  14. Rule by a few
  15. A singed agreement

26 Clues: Ruled by 1 • "to assign" • two chambers • Rule by a few • A singed agreement • to promote or support • Powers denied by states • the branch that makes laws • tally of all the votes cast • Broad powers kept by states • agreements between countries • states send these to congress • favoring one view or the other • the branch that interprets laws • things inside the United States • ...

great depression 2015-03-18

great depression crossword puzzle
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  1. make changes in a social, political, or economic institution or practice to in prove it
  2. a group of experts appointed to advise a government or politician
  3. a shareholder
  4. 32nd President of the United States
  5. borrowing the balance from a bank or broker
  6. a political and economic theory of social organization
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  1. the rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants
  2. a shortage of water
  3. a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the depression
  4. government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income
  5. vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
  6. stock market crash that precipitated the great depression
  7. a day on which banks are officially closed
  8. american author of twenty-seven books
  9. rapid settlement of the continental united states
  10. longest-serving first lady of the united states
  11. overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election
  12. a series of radio broadcasts made by president franklin delano roosevelt
  13. a series of domestic programs enacted in the united states
  14. federal government agencies created as part of the new deal

20 Clues: a shareholder • a shortage of water • 32nd President of the United States • american author of twenty-seven books • a day on which banks are officially closed • borrowing the balance from a bank or broker • longest-serving first lady of the united states • vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust • rapid settlement of the continental united states • ...

Culminating assignment 2023-01-10

Culminating assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. The U.S.’s first attempt at a government was the Articles of ________
  2. a group of people united together for a purpose
  3. what amendment is no unreasonable searches and seizures
  4. the process that allows immigrants to become citizens.
  5. highest court in the land
  6. Minority rights are needed in order to treat everyone this way.
  7. the United States is a ________ democracy
  8. The articles let congress create this but not pay for it
  9. expressed, inherent, implied and reserved are all types of these
  10. life, liberty, property
  11. rule by a few
  12. Means giving permission.
  13. How many years does a president serve
  14. One way to become a citizen more quickly is to serve in the ______ for one year
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  1. the_______ deals with disputes about laws that apply to the entire 8.United States
  2. Woman were given the right to vote by which amendment
  3. rule by many
  4. what were the ten amendments added to the constitution in 1791
  5. the court that must take all cases, usually has three judge panels.
  6. rural,cultural, wealthy, education, language
  7. what kind of powers are given to the states
  8. written document a lawyer files with the to explain their arguments
  9. States send these to Congress
  10. monarchy, dictatorship

24 Clues: rule by many • rule by a few • monarchy, dictatorship • life, liberty, property • Means giving permission. • highest court in the land • States send these to Congress • How many years does a president serve • the United States is a ________ democracy • what kind of powers are given to the states • rural,cultural, wealthy, education, language • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-04-24

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  2. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  3. To leave or withdraw
  4. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  5. A ship protected by iron armor
  6. withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
  7. Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  8. killed most of solders during the holocaust
  9. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  10. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
  11. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
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  1. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North
  2. soldiers who ride horses
  3. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  4. Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
  5. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  6. Union general who believed in total war
  7. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  8. confederate general
  9. laws passed to restrict African Americans

20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...

Warfare Benchmark 2 2021-05-05

Warfare Benchmark 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the first texture named?
  2. What are you reading about?
  3. Helmet, What gives protection to your head?
  4. BCE, When did the Warring states period begin?
  5. How many battle tactics are mentioned?
  6. armor, What gives protection to your shoulder?
  7. Which kingdom has 2 letters?
  8. of War, What did Sun Tzu name his book?
  9. What is the first color a blade/Sword can be?
  10. Drone Sword, What is the sharpest sword they use?
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  1. Which dynasty conquered the Warring states period?
  2. Bronze daggers can sometimes have ____________
  3. How many kingdom's are there?
  4. What was the first armor mentioned?
  5. Which kingdom has three letters?
  6. Which dynasty was with the Warring states period?
  7. BCE, When did the Warring states period end?
  8. What was the first weapon made?
  9. Tzu, Who made the book Art of War?
  10. What is a blade like a knife?
  11. Bronze Dagger, What weapon's appearance can be misleading?
  12. HAN, What is the one kingdom with six letters?

22 Clues: What are you reading about? • Which kingdom has 2 letters? • How many kingdom's are there? • What is a blade like a knife? • What was the first weapon made? • What is the first texture named? • Which kingdom has three letters? • Tzu, Who made the book Art of War? • What was the first armor mentioned? • How many battle tactics are mentioned? • ...

Gralin's crossword puzzle 2017-02-08

Gralin's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. some one from another country that comes into yours
  2. an example to be followed by other in the near future
  3. this person was the first president of the united states
  4. this is an organized political group
  5. the taking of ships and sailors
  6. this person was George Washington vice president
  7. states wanted to ________ the alien sedition acts
  8. contrary to what the constitution states
  9. a certificate issued by the government for a certain amount of money
  10. and activity to overthrow your government
  11. he was sent to remove the native Americans from the Northwest territory
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  1. a ceremony were the precedent takes the oath of office
  2. this person was the leader of the Federalist party
  3. this person was the Secretary of state for George Washington
  4. people who invest in a risky adventure for a large profit
  5. this person wrote the u.s. constitution, and was against factions
  6. tax on goods coming from other country's
  7. not favoring ether side of an dispute
  8. this person was sent to London to sole problems with Britain
  9. its an agreement by states to overthrow federal law

20 Clues: the taking of ships and sailors • this is an organized political group • not favoring ether side of an dispute • tax on goods coming from other country's • contrary to what the constitution states • and activity to overthrow your government • this person was George Washington vice president • states wanted to ________ the alien sedition acts • ...

Constitution Review 2024 SS Mikey 2024-01-03

Constitution Review 2024 SS Mikey crossword puzzle
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  1. The plan created by smaller states to have equal representation
  2. The plan created by bigger states to have representation based off of population
  3. A change to the Constitution
  4. The branch that has a Supreme Cout
  5. The first 10 amendments
  6. Settled the debate on how enslaved people should be represented
  7. The statement in which Congress can "stretch" an amendment
  8. Group that votes for the President and VP
  9. Pre-Constiution that created multiple issues
  10. The group that favored the constitution without a bill of rights
  11. The meeting that revised the Articles of Confederation
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  1. When the branches are being checked for their powers
  2. Split powers between the states and federal government
  3. An agreement to continue this trade for 20 years
  4. "The Father of The Constitution"
  5. The branch that contains the President
  6. Agreement that decided that there would be equal representation and population used in voting
  7. The branch that has Congress
  8. The statement that states that federal is always above state
  9. When powers are divided to different branches

20 Clues: The first 10 amendments • A change to the Constitution • The branch that has Congress • "The Father of The Constitution" • The branch that has a Supreme Cout • The branch that contains the President • Group that votes for the President and VP • Pre-Constiution that created multiple issues • When powers are divided to different branches • ...

Constitution Era 2024-01-25

Constitution Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Freedom of Speech
  2. Lower house of the legislature
  3. Searches and Seizures
  4. Rebellion that showed Articles were too weak
  5. Right to Bear Arms
  6. Group that thought the Constitution was good as is.
  7. The 3/5 Compromise decided how _________ would be counted towards votes
  8. Branch that includes Congress
  9. Branch that includes the president
  10. Right to a lawyer
  11. The solution to the debate of how to assign votes in legislature
  12. The current document that outlines U.S. government
  13. Branch that includes judges
  14. Listing of Rights
  15. Upper house of the legislature
  16. To approve of something
  17. Plan that smaller states approved
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  1. Trial by Jury
  2. Double Jeopardy
  3. List of freedoms in the Constitution
  4. What the Judicial Branch does
  5. Group that wanted a Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
  6. The Articles of ________________ was the first form of government in the United States
  7. What the legislative Branch does
  8. Plan that larger states supported
  9. Cruel and Unusual Punishments
  10. No Quartering of Soldiers
  11. Father of the Constitution
  12. States Rights
  13. What the Executive Branch does

30 Clues: Trial by Jury • States Rights • Double Jeopardy • Freedom of Speech • Right to a lawyer • Listing of Rights • Right to Bear Arms • Searches and Seizures • To approve of something • No Quartering of Soldiers • Father of the Constitution • Branch that includes judges • What the Judicial Branch does • Branch that includes Congress • Cruel and Unusual Punishments • Lower house of the legislature • ...

Civil War events 2023-10-16

Civil War events crossword puzzle
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  1. and antislavery folks went to Kansas territory in 1854-1856.
  2. does the South seriously begin to think about if these states joined the Union as free states?
  3. slave act
  4. representative Preston Brooks entered the senate chamber and started beating sumner w/a cane
  5. Brown's Raid
  6. and 18 men seized arsenal w/o a fight; fell apart when no slaves rose up to assist the rebellion
  7. Toms Cabin
  8. Scott case.
  9. compromise
  10. not following the law would be charged w/a felony and fined
  11. allowed to choose states if they allowed slavery or not.
  12. U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States
  13. Railroad
  14. missouri applied for statehood
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  1. of 1850
  2. Carolina voted to secede from the Union on DEC 20, 1860. Between JAN 9-FEB 1, more states voted to secede from the union
  3. Slave Act Passed
  4. proposed the Missouri Compromise?
  5. in Congress
  6. Clay
  7. of 1860
  8. Kansas
  9. was popular w/northern abolitionists; southerners hated him- didn't even appear on most southern ballots
  10. act
  11. opponents squared off in the race for a senate seat to represent Illinois
  12. both the antislavery movement and the womans right movement

26 Clues: act • Clay • Kansas • of 1850 • of 1860 • Railroad • slave act • Toms Cabin • compromise • in Congress • Scott case. • Brown's Raid • Slave Act Passed • missouri applied for statehood • proposed the Missouri Compromise? • allowed to choose states if they allowed slavery or not. • not following the law would be charged w/a felony and fined • ...

Jackson fives Government Vocab 2023-10-19

Jackson fives Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Papers made before the constitution
  2. first president of the Nation
  3. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches
  4. designed to protect the security and power of smaller states
  5. the upper chamber of the United States Congress
  6. the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
  7. responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress
  8. The branch that makes the decisions about the laws and those who break them
  9. electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices
  10. established the United States would be allowed two representatives; in the House of Representatives
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  1. strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  2. known as the Founding Father of the constitution
  3. people who support a strong government
  4. James Madison wrote this
  5. officer next in rank to a president
  6. Branch that holds the President
  7. people who are against a strong government
  8. Branch that makes laws for North Carolina
  9. the plan that allows black Slaves to vote
  10. United States highest court

20 Clues: James Madison wrote this • United States highest court • first president of the Nation • Branch that holds the President • Papers made before the constitution • officer next in rank to a president • people who support a strong government • Branch that makes laws for North Carolina • the plan that allows black Slaves to vote • people who are against a strong government • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2024-04-10

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Geographical differences between the North and South
  2. created two new territories and was called "bleeding kansas"
  3. The meeting that South Carolina signed the Articles of Secession
  4. Lowered the protective tariff to avoid nullification
  5. The first major battle of the Civil War
  6. The fort that was attacked to start the civil war
  7. Prohibited slavery beyond the 36/30 line
  8. The total amount of Confederate states during the Civil war
  9. The total amount of free states during the Civil war
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  1. Dred Scott was deemed property by the supreme court
  2. The practice or system of owning slaves
  3. The election that Lincoln was elected
  4. allowed states to secede from the United States
  5. The capitol of the union
  6. The last name of the president of the confederacy during the civil war
  7. California was added as a free state and the fugitive slave law was amended
  8. The last name of the president of the union during the civil war
  9. The capitol of the confederacy
  10. The last name of the leader of the confederate army
  11. The last name of the leader of the union army

20 Clues: The capitol of the union • The capitol of the confederacy • The election that Lincoln was elected • The practice or system of owning slaves • The first major battle of the Civil War • Prohibited slavery beyond the 36/30 line • The last name of the leader of the union army • allowed states to secede from the United States • The fort that was attacked to start the civil war • ...

Lead up to the Civil War 2025-10-21

Lead up to the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Movement to end slavery
  2. 5 laws passed to difuse tensions between free and slave states
  3. Ruled that African Americans were not American Citizens
  4. The act of being freed from control
  5. Period of violence between pro-slavery and Anti-slavery settlers
  6. All political power originates from the people
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  1. states may reject, or nullify, federal laws
  2. allowed settlers to decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty
  3. Formerly enslaved man who became an activist/public speaker
  4. popular abolitionist
  5. Allowed to capture and return enslaved people who tried to flee.
  6. An enslaved woman who escaped/conducted the underground railroads
  7. 1820 law that admitted missouri as a slave state and maine as a free state
  8. Formal withdrawal of all 11 slave states
  9. Separated cotton fibers from their seeds, increasing cotton production
  10. American Lawyer and Statesman who represented Kentucky
  11. A system where slaves were bought, sold, traded, or inherited.
  12. Abolitionist novel about realities of slavery
  13. Network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states
  14. Massive economic power of cotton production

20 Clues: popular abolitionist • Movement to end slavery • The act of being freed from control • Formal withdrawal of all 11 slave states • states may reject, or nullify, federal laws • Massive economic power of cotton production • Abolitionist novel about realities of slavery • All political power originates from the people • American Lawyer and Statesman who represented Kentucky • ...

Ch9-10 APUSH Crossword 2023-11-14

Ch9-10 APUSH Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Limiting the government's role in the economy
  2. "Ain't I a women?"
  3. 6th President of the United States
  4. Opposition to Democrats
  5. 7th President of the United States (last name)
  6. gold and silver to buy land
  7. Chief Justice under Jackson (last name)
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  1. "Tippecanoe and _____ Too!"
  2. Issued Ordinance of Nullification (last name)
  3. Important invention made by Eli Whitney
  4. Women reformer focused on mentally ill
  5. The Great Compromiser (last name)
  6. President of the BUS (last name)
  7. Movement against alcohol
  8. Winner-takes-all election format
  9. Prioritizing Americans over immigrants
  10. 8th President of the United States
  11. Movement dedicated against slavery

18 Clues: "Ain't I a women?" • Opposition to Democrats • Movement against alcohol • "Tippecanoe and _____ Too!" • gold and silver to buy land • President of the BUS (last name) • Winner-takes-all election format • The Great Compromiser (last name) • 6th President of the United States • 8th President of the United States • Movement dedicated against slavery • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-07

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Political scandal involving the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of illegal activities, leading to President Nixon's resignation.
  2. President known for his economic policies and impeachment trial in the Modern Era.
  3. Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve advancements in space exploration during the Cold War.
  4. 37th President of the United States, resigned from office due to the Watergate scandal.
  5. Event that triggered the Great Depression, leading to widespread unemployment and economic hardship.
  6. Right to vote, a major focus of the Progressive Era and women's suffrage movements.
  7. 40th President of the United States, known for his conservative policies and role in ending the Cold War.
  8. Allied invasion of Normandy, France, marking a turning point in WWII.
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  1. First African American President of the United States, served from 2009 to 2017.
  2. Period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  3. Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  4. Economic policies implemented by President Ronald Reagan, emphasizing tax cuts, deregulation, and free market principles.
  5. Legislation passed in 1965 to protect the voting rights of minorities, a major achievement of the Civil Rights Movement.
  6. U.S. foreign policy strategy during the Cold War aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
  7. Cold War-era conflict between North Vietnam, supported by communist allies, and South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.
  8. Barrier constructed by East Germany to separate East Berlin from West Berlin during the Cold War.

16 Clues: Allied invasion of Normandy, France, marking a turning point in WWII. • Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. • First African American President of the United States, served from 2009 to 2017. • President known for his economic policies and impeachment trial in the Modern Era. • ...

Civil War Battle 2021-05-19

Civil War Battle crossword puzzle
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  1. How many soldiers were killed,wounded in the summer of 1864?
  2. What is the american battle flag?
  3. Who was an American Confederate general?
  4. What was the warships they used to battle against their enemies?
  5. What was a very bloody war?
  6. There are alot of __ Happening in the Civil War.
  7. What was Stonewall´s real name?
  8. What another name for Cedar Creek?
  9. Who was the most honored women in American history?
  10. Who won the battle of Shiloh?
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  1. Whats the another name for the Battle of First Manassas?
  2. who was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army?
  3. The Battle of Gaines'Mill.
  4. Who was the 16th president of the united states?
  5. What battle was happening during September 17, 1862 and was going on in the Southern United States?
  6. Who was a hero against slavery?
  7. what battle lasted from june 25 to july 1st?
  8. Who helped supply soldiers in battle, they worked as spys,and medical care?
  9. What is the other flag americans didnt use in war?
  10. Who was "an instrument of God¨?
  11. What did soldiers build to keep warm?

21 Clues: The Battle of Gaines'Mill. • What was a very bloody war? • Who won the battle of Shiloh? • Who was a hero against slavery? • Who was "an instrument of God¨? • What was Stonewall´s real name? • What is the american battle flag? • What another name for Cedar Creek? • What did soldiers build to keep warm? • Who was an American Confederate general? • ...

U.S. Constitution Review 2022-05-26

U.S. Constitution Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Beginning paragraph of the Constitution
  2. Number of years in a Presidential term
  3. Number of years in a Senators term
  4. Articles of ___________________
  5. Article 1, Section 8
  6. __________ College in charge of electing Pres.
  7. Term for someone serving on the Supreme Court
  8. President of the Constitutional Convention
  9. Law making something illegal
  10. Dividing of power among states and federal gov.
  11. Type of government the United States has
  12. Man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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  1. Branch in charge of creating laws
  2. Man who said "Give me liberty, or give me death"
  3. Person who presents annual budget to Congress
  4. Checks and _______________
  5. Branch in charge of finding laws unconstitutional
  6. Part of procession a flag should be placed
  7. __________ of the House
  8. Branch in charge of enforcing the laws
  9. Number of representatives guaranteed to each state
  10. When the president rejects a congressional bill
  11. Number of years in a Representatives term
  12. Vice President is the head
  13. Plan that favored large states over small states
  14. Case that established judicial review

26 Clues: Article 1, Section 8 • __________ of the House • Checks and _______________ • Vice President is the head • Law making something illegal • Articles of ___________________ • Branch in charge of creating laws • Number of years in a Senators term • Case that established judicial review • Number of years in a Presidential term • Branch in charge of enforcing the laws • ...

US history quiz 2022-12-12

US history quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. The harbor that was bombed in 1941
  2. The tool that built America
  3. A nickname for the British troops
  4. Rode at midnight to warn people the British were coming
  5. Defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government
  6. Represented the United States in France during the American Revolution
  7. George Washingtons right hand man
  8. The belief that the United States should extend its borders to the pacific ocean.
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  1. The main part of the judicial branch of the U.S government
  2. a body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
  3. The home of the president
  4. The first US President
  5. Leader of the united States
  6. The river that runs through Washington D.C
  7. A government where citizens rule through elected representatives
  8. Land east of the Appalachian Mountains
  9. Author of the deceleration of independence
  10. The legislature of the United States
  11. Soldiers who said they could be ready to fight in one minute
  12. Specially trained German mercenaries hired by the British

20 Clues: The first US President • The home of the president • The tool that built America • Leader of the united States • A nickname for the British troops • George Washingtons right hand man • The harbor that was bombed in 1941 • The legislature of the United States • Land east of the Appalachian Mountains • The river that runs through Washington D.C • ...

Government 2021-05-17

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. who is the president pro temporee?
  2. What can the senate do against other countries?
  3. What is the presidents branch of government?
  4. part of the house that comes after the reps
  5. What is one of the worst government crimes?
  6. What are on the constitution?
  7. Servey of how many people live in the U.S.
  8. Who is The V.P. of the united states?
  9. Where does the president have to be born?
  10. who is president of the U.S.
  11. What is John roberts?
  12. Who is the chief justice?
  13. It has 435 members
  14. The law branch of the government
  15. who is the speaker of the house
  16. who has the most power in the U.S.
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  1. What plan favored large states?
  2. what are all states forms of government
  3. What plan favored small states?
  4. What is the speech the president gives once a year
  5. Who is the secritary of the U.S.
  6. What other roles does the president have?
  7. Who is the associate justice?
  8. What is it called when the president declines the bill?
  9. second in power in the U.S.

25 Clues: It has 435 members • What is John roberts? • Who is the chief justice? • second in power in the U.S. • who is president of the U.S. • What are on the constitution? • Who is the associate justice? • What plan favored large states? • What plan favored small states? • who is the speaker of the house • Who is the secritary of the U.S. • The law branch of the government • ...

civil war and reconstruction 2017-05-22

civil war and reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. bloodiest battle in the civil war
  2. president of the US during the civl war
  3. amendment that gave black suffrage
  4. Thomas Jackson’s nickname
  5. speech by abraham lincoln that inspired the north to keep fighting
  6. document ending slavery in union controlled states
  7. final battle in the civil war
  8. novel written by harriet beecher stowe that sparked the war
  9. Commander of the confederate army
  10. capital of the confederacy
  11. amendment that gave freed slaves citizenship
  12. month and day the civil war ended
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  1. first battle of the civil war
  2. commander of the union army and 18th president of the US
  3. president of the confederate states of america
  4. Where the civil war ended
  5. union general who lead Sherman's march
  6. number one reason of the civil war
  7. assassinated abraham lincoln
  8. amendment that ended slavery
  9. the united states during the civil war
  10. secret route slaves used to escape to the north
  11. number two reason for the civil war
  12. the southern states that seceded from the US
  13. to leave or withdraw

25 Clues: to leave or withdraw • Where the civil war ended • Thomas Jackson’s nickname • capital of the confederacy • assassinated abraham lincoln • amendment that ended slavery • first battle of the civil war • final battle in the civil war • bloodiest battle in the civil war • Commander of the confederate army • month and day the civil war ended • amendment that gave black suffrage • ...

civil war 2017-05-22

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. speech by abraham lincoln that inspired the north to keep fighting
  2. commander of the union army and 18th president of the US
  3. document ending slavery in union controlled states
  4. to leave or withdraw
  5. president of the US during the civl war
  6. Commander of the confederate army
  7. the united states during the civil war
  8. union general who lead Sherman's march
  9. amendment that ended slavery
  10. bloodiest battle in the civil war
  11. first battle of the civil war
  12. Thomas Jackson’s nickname
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  1. amendment that gave black suffrage
  2. final battle in the civil war
  3. president of the confederate states of america
  4. novel written by harriet beecher stowe that sparked the war
  5. secret route slaves used to escape to the north
  6. Where the civil war ended
  7. the southern states that seceded from the US
  8. capital of the confederacy
  9. assassinated abraham lincoln
  10. number two reason for the civil war
  11. amendment that gave freed slaves citizenship
  12. number one reason of the civil war
  13. month and day the civil war ended

25 Clues: to leave or withdraw • Where the civil war ended • Thomas Jackson’s nickname • capital of the confederacy • assassinated abraham lincoln • amendment that ended slavery • final battle in the civil war • first battle of the civil war • Commander of the confederate army • bloodiest battle in the civil war • month and day the civil war ended • amendment that gave black suffrage • ...

Chapter 8-11 Review 2022-03-27

Chapter 8-11 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. putting an end to slavery
  2. Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska
  3. allowed the government to rid immigrants
  4. devotion/pride to one's nation
  5. principle of the job of Supreme Court
  6. territory that doubled the U.S.
  7. decided future slave/free states
  8. period of slow economic activity
  9. made it illegal to speak bad about gov't
  10. warned foreign nations in U.S. land
  11. industry that produced cloth from cotton
  12. engine that made cotton production quicker
  13. state's withdrawal from the country
  14. large numbers of crew in one building
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  1. highest court in the United States
  2. removing Natives from s. east U.S.
  3. tax on imported goods
  4. long march west by Native Americans
  5. U.S. foreign policy after the Revolution
  6. loyalty to a part of the country
  7. pre-Civil War period
  8. first president of the United States
  9. states' right to reject federal law
  10. actions not with the constitution
  11. divided ideas and groups in government
  12. non-violent refusal by slaves
  13. identical parts to mass produce
  14. Revolution of production by machines

28 Clues: pre-Civil War period • tax on imported goods • putting an end to slavery • Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska • non-violent refusal by slaves • devotion/pride to one's nation • territory that doubled the U.S. • identical parts to mass produce • loyalty to a part of the country • decided future slave/free states • period of slow economic activity • actions not with the constitution • ...

Vocab 2022-01-06

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  2. power is held at the national level
  3. first ten amendments of the Constitution
  4. First president of the US
  5. giving congress the right pass all laws "necessary & proper"
  6. guaranteed in the 9th amendment in the Constitution
  7. explains the purposes of the Constitution
  8. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states
  9. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions
  10. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights
  11. citizens have political authority
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  1. He was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist papers
  2. king/queen controls all aspects of life
  3. 4th president of the US
  4. Third president of the US
  5. believed in natural rights
  6. government is defined by law and serves the people
  7. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  8. belief that monarchs were chosen by god
  9. compromise between slave states and and free states

20 Clues: 4th president of the US • Third president of the US • First president of the US • believed in natural rights • citizens have political authority • power is held at the national level • king/queen controls all aspects of life • belief that monarchs were chosen by god • first ten amendments of the Constitution • explains the purposes of the Constitution • ...

Government Vocabulary Crossword 2022-01-06

Government Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the government is not all powerful.
  2. belief that monarchs are chosen by God.
  3. article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the constitution.
  4. powers saved for the states.
  5. the distribution of power between the national government and the states with the union.
  6. first ten amendments to the constitution.
  7. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom.
  8. king/queen controls all aspects of life.
  9. division of the powers among the three branches.
  10. writing in the constitution that satisfies both small and large states
  11. the first U.S. president.
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  1. leading supporter of the constitution.
  2. third president of the united states.
  3. democracy based on the protection of individual rights.
  4. supporters who believed in a strong central government.
  5. power is held at the national level.
  6. group who feared the new government.
  7. explains the purpose of the constitution.
  8. the citizens have political authority.
  9. believed in natural rights
  10. father of the constitution and 4th president of the U.S.
  11. government is defined by law and serves the people.

22 Clues: the first U.S. president. • believed in natural rights • powers saved for the states. • the government is not all powerful. • power is held at the national level. • group who feared the new government. • third president of the united states. • leading supporter of the constitution. • the citizens have political authority. • belief that monarchs are chosen by God. • ...

Andrew Jackson- Timber Johnson 2024-01-30

Andrew Jackson- Timber Johnson crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of 1837:was a financial crisis in the United States that began a major depression.
  2. of Tears:Many people died on this Trail.
  3. Van Buren: 8th U.S president.
  4. right to vote in political elections.
  5. v. Maryland:one of the first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power.
  6. Bargain:Three events in American political history
  7. banks:a derogatory term for state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury.
  8. of the Indian Tribes.
  9. USA second attempt at creating a central bank in 1816
  10. bank of the Nominating conventions:Political convention held every 4 years.
  11. Democracy:19th Century Philosophy
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  1. Territory:Oklahoma was the state known for this.
  2. of Abominations: enhanced the interests of the Northern manufacturing industry at their expense.
  3. elected representative sent to a conference.
  4. Party:a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century.
  5. theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws
  6. Marshall:fourth chief justice of the United States
  7. Hickory:Nickname of Andrew Jackson.
  8. Republicans:Also known as Anti-Jacksonian Party.
  9. System:the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.

20 Clues: of the Indian Tribes. • Van Buren: 8th U.S president. • Democracy:19th Century Philosophy • Hickory:Nickname of Andrew Jackson. • right to vote in political elections. • of Tears:Many people died on this Trail. • elected representative sent to a conference. • Territory:Oklahoma was the state known for this. • Republicans:Also known as Anti-Jacksonian Party. • ...

Newtons Laws Crossword 2023-12-14

Newtons Laws Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. States that there is an equal opposite reaction for every reaction
  2. Change in distance over a period of time
  3. The relative weight of an object
  4. opposing force between two surfaces that are touching
  5. The book that Isaac Newton published that states the 3 laws of motion
  6. A law that states that no mass can be lost of gained
  7. The amount of matter in an object
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  1. At least one force is greater than the other
  2. Creator of the 3 laws of motion
  3. A push or pull on an object
  4. Speed with a direction
  5. Force of attraction between two objects
  6. Change in position relative to a reference point
  7. Unit of measurement for force named after Isaac Newton
  8. Also known as the law of inertia
  9. States that F=MxA
  10. Chance in velocity over a period of time
  11. An object's tendency to remain doing what it was doing
  12. All forces are equal
  13. The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity

20 Clues: States that F=MxA • All forces are equal • Speed with a direction • A push or pull on an object • Creator of the 3 laws of motion • The relative weight of an object • Also known as the law of inertia • The amount of matter in an object • Force of attraction between two objects • Change in distance over a period of time • Chance in velocity over a period of time • ...

module 22 2025-05-16

module 22 crossword puzzle
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  1. The British monarch who ruled from 1837 to 1901
  2. 16th President of the United States
  3. A major political scandal in late 19th-century France
  4. A theory by Charles Darwin, about natural selection
  5. A system for giving messages over long distances
  6. In Australia the term for the indigenous people
  7. Belief that the United States had a right to expand
  8. The movement that allows the establishment of a Jewish state
  9. A rule issued by President Abraham Lincoln
  10. To withdraw from a political union
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  1. A settlement used to house convicts
  2. Republic The French republic established in 1870
  3. Group that fought for Irish independence.
  4. United States vs Confederate States of America
  5. The right of a region to govern itself
  6. A working-class movement in Britain in the 19th century.
  7. A production system where parts are moved along a continuous conveyor belt
  8. self-governing nation within the empire, with own parliament
  9. The right or privilege to vote, especially in elections.
  10. Prejudice against or discrimination toward Jews.
  11. The indigenous people of New Zealand.
  12. A naturalist who made the theory of evolution

22 Clues: To withdraw from a political union • A settlement used to house convicts • 16th President of the United States • The indigenous people of New Zealand. • The right of a region to govern itself • Group that fought for Irish independence. • A rule issued by President Abraham Lincoln • A naturalist who made the theory of evolution • ...

Civil War 2025-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Party - A party that is usually against slavery and the expansion to other territories
  2. - An officer responsible for supplying food, clothes, and supplies
  3. - Loyal to the government of the United States also known as the Union
  4. - A mounted sentry station in advance of a picket line
  5. - Also known as the North of the United States
  6. - African Americans being owned by white people
  7. - Container that is used to carry water
  8. - Attacking someone
  9. - A ship protected by iron armor
  10. - The cruel killing of a number of people
  11. - Someone who wishes to end slavery
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  1. - Hard crackers soldiers used to eat
  2. - Group of soldiers stationed at the Military post
  3. - Loyal to the southern states
  4. - Freedom from slavery
  5. - A disease causing symptoms like fevers, headaches, and physical exhaustion
  6. - A group of military using ships to conduct warfare
  7. party - A political party that was more sympathetic to states rights
  8. Institution" - Term for slavery in the south
  9. - The act of the North trying to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern parts

20 Clues: - Attacking someone • - Freedom from slavery • - Loyal to the southern states • - A ship protected by iron armor • - Someone who wishes to end slavery • - Hard crackers soldiers used to eat • - Container that is used to carry water • - The cruel killing of a number of people • Institution" - Term for slavery in the south • - Also known as the North of the United States • ...

Unit 3 Keywords 2022-10-28

Unit 3 Keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. Was the second Hamiltonian national bank in the United States to receive federal authorization. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylannia, between February 1816 and January 1836.
  2. A particular affinity for a region's interests over those of a nation at large.
  3. A practice where the political party that wins an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters with appointments to government positions and other favors.
  4. Was the founder of the first principal English-speaking communities in Texas in the 1820s, when that region was still a part of Mexico.
  5. Was a political crisis that occurred in the United States in 1832–1833, under the administration of Andrew Jackson, and involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.
  6. The Lowell mills were 19th-century textile mills that operated in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts.
  7. Was an unsuccessful proposal in the United States Congress to outlaw slavery in territorie that the country had taken from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War.
  8. Was a principle of US policy, enunciated by President James Monroe, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas was a potentially hostile act against the US.
  9. Was the sudden influx of fortune seekers in California that started as soon as gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in early 1848 and peaked in 1852.
  10. Was the first women’s rights convention in the United States. Held in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, the meeting launched the women’s suffrage movement
  11. A prominent supporter of the Missouri Compromise (1820) and the Compromise of 1850, both attempts to protect the American union from regional turmoil over slavery, this statesman and congressman from the United States was known for his American System, which included a national bank, the tariff, and internal improvements to promote economic stability and prosperity.
  12. Was an American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer, who is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin but also made significinat contributions to developing the concept of mass production of interchangeable parts.
  13. A derogatory term for state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury to receive surplus Treasury funds in 1833.
  14. A deal that transpired after the US gained possession of most of northern Mexico in 1848.
  15. An overland route that connected Independence, Missouri, and Oregon City, which is now close to Portland, Oregon, in the valley of the Willamette River. In the 19th century, it was one of the two primary emigration routes to the American West.
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  1. Was a treaty that established the border between the United States and New Spain in 1819 and ceded Florida to the United States.
  2. A historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany.
  3. The national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The period of time is commonly associated with President James Monroe's two presidential terms (1817-25), but it actually began in 1815, when, for the first time since the Napoleonic Wars ended, American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military concerns.
  4. Historians' term for what they believe to have been a dominant value system among the upper and middle classes in the United States during the 19th century.
  5. A negotiated settlement between the North and the South that was approved by the US Congress allowed Missouri to become the country's 24th state (1821).
  6. An ideology that prioritizes a person's loyalty to the nation-state over their own or other people's interests.
  7. The supposed inevitability of the continued territorial expansion of the boundaries of the United States westward to the Pacific and beyond.
  8. A system that existed in the Northern states before the American Civil War whereby sympathetic Northerners helped fugitive slaves from the South escape to safety in the North or in Canada in defiance of the Fugitive Slave Acts.
  9. American presidential election held in 1824, in which John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives after Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but failed to receive a majority.
  10. A political party established in 1834 by the opponents of Jacksonian Democrats, and the leader of the party, President Andrew Jackson.
  11. The forced removal of Eastern Woodlands Indians from the Southeast of the United States during the 1830s to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, including tribes like the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminoles.
  12. Treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War.
  13. Was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States.
  14. 18th-century Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., that was the site of a historic resistance effort by a small group of determined fighters for Texan independence (1836) from Mexico.

29 Clues: Treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. • A particular affinity for a region's interests over those of a nation at large. • Was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. • A deal that transpired after the US gained possession of most of northern Mexico in 1848. • ...

social studies crossword puzzle 2024-05-10

social studies crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. allowed the Southern states to begin holding elections
  2. Made it so that the right to vote couldn’t be denied by race
  3. Legalized and enforced segregation
  4. A program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments
  5. districts The rebel states are separated
  6. The separation of people because of race
  7. An assessment that calculates someone's ability to read and write
  8. Made all people born in the U.S a U.S citizen
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  1. Laws that enforced racial segregation
  2. Abolished slavery in the United states
  3. What led people to establish civil rights for former slaves
  4. A payment that people would have to pay to vote
  5. Readmission to the representation of rebel states

13 Clues: Legalized and enforced segregation • Laws that enforced racial segregation • Abolished slavery in the United states • districts The rebel states are separated • The separation of people because of race • Made all people born in the U.S a U.S citizen • A payment that people would have to pay to vote • Readmission to the representation of rebel states • ...

AMERICA - land of the free 2025-10-01

AMERICA - land of the free crossword puzzle
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  1. first successful British colony
  2. Plains Indian tribe
  3. the number of colonies established by the British
  4. discoverer of America (2 words)
  5. most immigrants to USA now are this ethnicity
  6. failed first colony of Britain
  7. what England called America (2 words)
  8. Sioux Indians lived in these structures
  9. harvest festival to celebrate blessings
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  1. protest against British taxes (3 words)
  2. USA fought Britain to gain this
  3. first president of USA (2 words)
  4. war between Northern and Southern states
  5. president that abolished slavery
  6. Southern states in civil war
  7. Northern states in civil war
  8. Africans working on Southern plantations
  9. statue gifted by France expressing this value

18 Clues: Plains Indian tribe • Southern states in civil war • Northern states in civil war • failed first colony of Britain • USA fought Britain to gain this • first successful British colony • discoverer of America (2 words) • first president of USA (2 words) • president that abolished slavery • what England called America (2 words) • protest against British taxes (3 words) • ...

Second Grade Civil War 2025-02-19

Second Grade Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. nickname for southern soldiers
  2. eleven southern states which broke away
  3. president of the Confederate States
  4. known as the Angel of the Battlefield
  5. conductor on the Underground Railroad
  6. president of the United States
  7. nickname for northern soldiers
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  1. general of the Confederacy
  2. general of the Union
  3. author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. another name for the United States
  5. first battle of the Civil War

12 Clues: general of the Union • general of the Confederacy • author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • first battle of the Civil War • nickname for southern soldiers • president of the United States • nickname for northern soldiers • another name for the United States • president of the Confederate States • known as the Angel of the Battlefield • conductor on the Underground Railroad • ...

Second Grade Civil War 2025-02-19

Second Grade Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. nickname for southern soldiers
  2. eleven southern states which broke away
  3. president of the Confederate States
  4. known as the Angel of the Battlefield
  5. conductor on the Underground Railroad
  6. president of the United States
  7. nickname for northern soldiers
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  1. general of the Confederacy
  2. general of the Union
  3. author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. another name for the United States
  5. first battle of the Civil War

12 Clues: general of the Union • general of the Confederacy • author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • first battle of the Civil War • nickname for southern soldiers • president of the United States • nickname for northern soldiers • another name for the United States • president of the Confederate States • known as the Angel of the Battlefield • conductor on the Underground Railroad • ...

The Constitution 2014-08-29

The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. construction A literal interpretation of a statute or document by a court.
  2. and balances Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that power in political institutions is not concentrated in the hands of particular individuals or groups.
  3. plan A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
  4. They feared a federal govt with unlimited King Like Powers and wouldn't agree to it until there was a Bill of Rights added to protect the people!
  5. of independence The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
  6. of rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US, ratified in 1791.
  7. of powers The vesting of the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of government in separate bodies.
  8. An article added to the US Constitution.
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  1. papers A series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
  2. compromise A compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for constitutional purposes.
  3. convention A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.
  4. jersey plan A proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
  5. Defined as a system of government where there is one strong, central controlling authority, or the principles of a political party called the Federalists.
  6. powers A list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authoritative capacity of Congress.
  7. construction Allows the government to expand powers that are not specifically outlined in the Constitution as long as these powers are not specifically prohibited.
  8. compromise An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  9. rebellion An armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders.
  10. of confederation The first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States.

18 Clues: An article added to the US Constitution. • plan A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. • construction A literal interpretation of a statute or document by a court. • of rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US, ratified in 1791. • ...

Unit 2 test 2021-12-14

Unit 2 test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
  2. The 3rd President of the United States of America, widely regarded as "The Father of the Declaration of Independence".
  3. 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system.
  4. Deemed "The Father of the Bill of Rights".
  5. Credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty.
  6. An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
  7. Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
  8. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate, by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification.
  9. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for 1 house of Congress with each state represented equally
  10. Protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press. It also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government.
  11. Which branch of the government has the power to declare war under U.S. Constitution? *
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  1. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  2. how long is a term for a US senator
  3. An American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence.
  4. Patriot in the American Revolution, he is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  5. Addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution.
  6. America's fourth President, made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  7. During his lifetime he was a Founding Father, Signer of the Treaty of Paris, Second Governor of New York, and First Chief Justice of the United States.

18 Clues: how long is a term for a US senator • Deemed "The Father of the Bill of Rights". • Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. • The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • Credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty. • Addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution. • ...

Immigration/African American/Indian Crossword 2019-11-27

Immigration/African American/Indian Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
  2. authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals
  3. also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States.
  4. African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War
  5. journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  6. the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
  7. a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
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  1. state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
  2. a North American Indian religious cult, based on the performance of a ritual dance that would drive away white people and restore the traditional lands and way of life.
  3. a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois
  4. an American anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by Protestants.
  5. a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality
  6. the influx of Catholic and Jewish immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
  7. a 138-mile-long tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Montana and Wyoming.
  8. A member of a Native American people inhabiting the southwest United States and northern Mexico.

15 Clues: journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. • an American anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by Protestants. • the influx of Catholic and Jewish immigrants from southern and eastern Europe • state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. • ...

Ch 6, sec 1 Vocab 2024-01-17

Ch 6, sec 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The upper chamber of the United States Congress.
  2. Affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
  3. Any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared concerns, attempts to influence public policy in its favor.
  4. An agreement worked out at the Constitutional convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house.
  5. Consisting of two houses.
  6. Lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
  7. The people of a particular geographic area who are represented by a lawmaking body.
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  1. The power of Congress to check up on the executive branch and to make sure it is following the laws of Congress has passed.
  2. A congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose.
  3. The United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress.
  4. The distribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the states.
  5. A system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches.
  6. A vote taken to pass a bill again after it has been vetoed by the President.
  7. The process of charging officials in the executive and judicial branches with wrongdoing and bringing them to trial.
  8. The authority of the United States Senate to approve or reject a resolution of ratification of any treaty to which the United States is a proposed signatory, as well as to evaluate and confirm Presidential nominees to positions in the federal government.

15 Clues: Consisting of two houses. • The upper chamber of the United States Congress. • A congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose. • The distribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the states. • A vote taken to pass a bill again after it has been vetoed by the President. • ...

CIVIL WAR 2024-01-10

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. - a 19th-century warship with armor plating.
  3. Lincoln - The president during the civil war
  4. - the southern states that seceded from the union
  5. - a person who wanted to end slavery
  6. - a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle.
  7. - soldiers marching or fighting on foot
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  1. - a bag with a single shoulder strap.
  2. - large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
  3. - Northern states
  4. - farms specializing in cash crops
  5. Proclamation - a document that declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.
  6. - a formal withdraw
  7. - something you use to pay
  8. - the confederates color
  9. - The union colors

16 Clues: - Northern states • - The union colors • - a formal withdraw • - the confederates color • - something you use to pay • - farms specializing in cash crops • - a person who wanted to end slavery • - a bag with a single shoulder strap. • - soldiers marching or fighting on foot • - a 19th-century warship with armor plating. • Lincoln - The president during the civil war • ...

civil war 2024-01-11

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the act of separating from a nation
  2. the act of making legally null or void
  3. forced servitude of african americans from 1619-1865
  4. states that outlawed slavery
  5. election where Abraham Lincoln was brought into office.
  6. Machine that seperated cotton
  7. allowed CA to enter the union in exchange for the fugitive slave act being passed
  8. brought Missouri into the union as a slave state
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  1. 16th president
  2. Ruling that decided slaves weren't considered citizens
  3. the belief that a states sovereignty is more important the governments
  4. important GA politician who was vice president of the confederate states of america.
  5. act that required runaway slaves to be returned
  6. states with legal slavery
  7. influential political party in GA until the civil war
  8. position of GA politicians who supported the compromise of 1850

16 Clues: 16th president • states with legal slavery • states that outlawed slavery • Machine that seperated cotton • the act of separating from a nation • the act of making legally null or void • act that required runaway slaves to be returned • brought Missouri into the union as a slave state • forced servitude of african americans from 1619-1865 • ...

civil war 2024-01-11

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 16th president
  2. forced servitude of african americans from 1619-1865
  3. states that outlawed slavery
  4. position of GA politicians who supported the compromise of 1850
  5. act that required runaway slaves to be returned
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  1. the act of making legally null or void
  2. influential political party in GA until the civil war
  3. the act of separating from a nation
  4. allowed CA to enter the union in exchange for the fugitive slave act being passed
  5. important GA politician who was vice president of the confederate states of america.
  6. brought Missouri into the union as a slave state
  7. states with legal slavery
  8. Ruling that decided slaves weren't considered citizens
  9. the belief that a states sovereignty is more important the governments
  10. Machine that seperated cotton
  11. election where Abraham Lincoln was brought into office.

16 Clues: 16th president • states with legal slavery • states that outlawed slavery • Machine that seperated cotton • the act of separating from a nation • the act of making legally null or void • act that required runaway slaves to be returned • brought Missouri into the union as a slave state • forced servitude of african americans from 1619-1865 • ...

civil war crossword 2021-10-27

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. racism
  2. deadliest war in U.S history
  3. Southern states
  4. 1st battle of civil war
  5. to get rid of
  6. military leader in civil war
  7. Northern states
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  1. leader of confederate states
  2. how Harriet Tubman freed 100s of slaves
  3. 16th president of the U.S
  4. Fort was attacked on April 1861
  5. leading cause of civilwar
  6. slave who could read and right
  7. election of 1860

14 Clues: racism • to get rid of • Southern states • Northern states • election of 1860 • 1st battle of civil war • 16th president of the U.S • leading cause of civilwar • leader of confederate states • deadliest war in U.S history • military leader in civil war • slave who could read and right • Fort was attacked on April 1861 • how Harriet Tubman freed 100s of slaves

Medieval Europe 2021-10-15

Medieval Europe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. those obligations that a person assumes for themselves - taking on responsibilities based on the choices we make in life. These are obligations we make to ourselves and our families.
  2. those duties that each person has to society
  3. people who have been lawfully admitted to the United States, are also granted certain legal rights and protections even if they are not citizens.
  4. a legal document showing a permanent resident has the right to live and work legally in the U.S.
  5. voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship.
  6. putting aside their own personal interests to work toward the common good.
  7. good,
  8. in 1798. declared that noncitizens had to reside in the United States for at least fourteen years to qualify for naturalization and even authorized the President to deport noncitizens who were citizens of foreign countries with which the United States was at war
  9. e those rights that allow a person to choose to do what he or she wants as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.
  10. those who do not have legal status to live or work in the United States
  11. a Latin term meaning “law of the soil” or “right of birthplace.” This idea means that any child born in the United States, no matter the citizenship status of his or her parents, is a citizen of the United States.
  12. the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country.
  13. society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.
  14. someone may be a citizen of two or more countries. The following countries permit dual citizenship: Canada, France, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom to name a few. Japan requires that a Japanese national holding dual nationality to choose when they turn twenty years old. Germany and India do not permit dual citizenship.
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  1. those rights that guarantee our freedom to engage in the political process in the United States, are also important to our understanding of rights in the United States. Without these rights, we would not be allowed to participate in our representative democracy
  2. a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
  3. the ways in which people participate in the life of their communities or improve the conditions and quality of life for others using political and non-political processes.
  4. rights that expressly limit the power of government.
  5. rights that require government to do something - to take positive action to guarantee rights.
  6. Congress’s first rule for naturalization This rule simply stated that “free white persons” living in the United States for two years could be granted citizenship as long as they exhibited good moral character and swore allegiance to the Constitution.
  7. a sworn declaration that every citizenship applicant must recite during a formal ceremony in order to become a naturalized American citizen.
  8. the social ties that we develop throughout our lives.
  9. Scott v. Sandford an enslaved African American born in Virginia, was declared not to be a citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Framers never meant to include slaves under the protections of the Constitution.
  10. how people from other countries become citizens of the United States
  11. revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions.
  12. include the right of people to buy property and sell property, and use their private property as they see fit without unreasonable government interference. People also have the right to seek a job where they please and to change jobs if they want. Also, people have the right to join labor unions if they choose, and can enter into contracts with others.
  13. This law granted Native Americans citizenship to both the United States and to the states where they lived; however, most were still denied the right to vote by many state laws until 1957.
  14. Written by Senator Jacob M. Howard from Michigan, Section 1 states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
  15. “law of the blood” which means that a child inherits the citizenship of its parents.
  16. rights that you are inherently born with and cannot be given up or taken away.
  17. a deliberate, open, non-violent action which breaks the law. It involves the willingness to accept the punishment for the lawbreaking. It is not the same thing as rebellion or revolution, but rather an action that is based on a moral conscience and a recognition of a higher law.

31 Clues: good, • those duties that each person has to society • voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship. • rights that expressly limit the power of government. • the social ties that we develop throughout our lives. • revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions. • the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country. • ...

Citizenship 2021-10-15

Citizenship crossword puzzle
Across
  1. those obligations that a person assumes for themselves - taking on responsibilities based on the choices we make in life. These are obligations we make to ourselves and our families.
  2. those duties that each person has to society
  3. people who have been lawfully admitted to the United States, are also granted certain legal rights and protections even if they are not citizens.
  4. a legal document showing a permanent resident has the right to live and work legally in the U.S.
  5. voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship.
  6. putting aside their own personal interests to work toward the common good.
  7. good,
  8. in 1798. declared that noncitizens had to reside in the United States for at least fourteen years to qualify for naturalization and even authorized the President to deport noncitizens who were citizens of foreign countries with which the United States was at war
  9. e those rights that allow a person to choose to do what he or she wants as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.
  10. those who do not have legal status to live or work in the United States
  11. a Latin term meaning “law of the soil” or “right of birthplace.” This idea means that any child born in the United States, no matter the citizenship status of his or her parents, is a citizen of the United States.
  12. the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country.
  13. society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.
  14. someone may be a citizen of two or more countries. The following countries permit dual citizenship: Canada, France, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom to name a few. Japan requires that a Japanese national holding dual nationality to choose when they turn twenty years old. Germany and India do not permit dual citizenship.
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  1. those rights that guarantee our freedom to engage in the political process in the United States, are also important to our understanding of rights in the United States. Without these rights, we would not be allowed to participate in our representative democracy
  2. a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
  3. the ways in which people participate in the life of their communities or improve the conditions and quality of life for others using political and non-political processes.
  4. rights that expressly limit the power of government.
  5. rights that require government to do something - to take positive action to guarantee rights.
  6. Congress’s first rule for naturalization This rule simply stated that “free white persons” living in the United States for two years could be granted citizenship as long as they exhibited good moral character and swore allegiance to the Constitution.
  7. a sworn declaration that every citizenship applicant must recite during a formal ceremony in order to become a naturalized American citizen.
  8. the social ties that we develop throughout our lives.
  9. Scott v. Sandford an enslaved African American born in Virginia, was declared not to be a citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Framers never meant to include slaves under the protections of the Constitution.
  10. how people from other countries become citizens of the United States
  11. revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions.
  12. include the right of people to buy property and sell property, and use their private property as they see fit without unreasonable government interference. People also have the right to seek a job where they please and to change jobs if they want. Also, people have the right to join labor unions if they choose, and can enter into contracts with others.
  13. This law granted Native Americans citizenship to both the United States and to the states where they lived; however, most were still denied the right to vote by many state laws until 1957.
  14. Written by Senator Jacob M. Howard from Michigan, Section 1 states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
  15. “law of the blood” which means that a child inherits the citizenship of its parents.
  16. rights that you are inherently born with and cannot be given up or taken away.
  17. a deliberate, open, non-violent action which breaks the law. It involves the willingness to accept the punishment for the lawbreaking. It is not the same thing as rebellion or revolution, but rather an action that is based on a moral conscience and a recognition of a higher law.

31 Clues: good, • those duties that each person has to society • voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship. • rights that expressly limit the power of government. • the social ties that we develop throughout our lives. • revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions. • the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country. • ...

Civil War 2024-10-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) slave trade abolished in DC, and (4) new fugitive slave law; strengthened South's support advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas
  2. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
  3. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  4. Created to keep the balance of power of free states and slave states. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
  5. Movement of over 300,000 African American looking for jobs from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
  6. The name for the north during the Civil War
  7. 1854 A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
  8. Refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man and inspired the Montgomery Alabama boycott.
  9. Area that relied on agriculture, plantations, cotton, crops. few factories, and had slaves.
  10. 1st state to secede from the Union
  11. A group tried to seize the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia to give weapons to slaves who could use them to fight for freedom. The plan failed, and the leader was tried, convicted, and hanged for treason.
  12. A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  13. Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.
  14. Slave sued for his freedom after living in a free state for a short time. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property.
  15. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  16. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
  17. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  18. Abolished slavery
  19. A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
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  1. Brooks (proslavery) attacked Sumner (anti slavery) on floor of the senate with his cane.
  2. Protect the right of African American Men to vote. Southern states added poll taxes, literacy tests, and used violence to prevent African American men from voting.
  3. A large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. Widely credited as helping lead to the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the National Voting Rights Act (1965).
  4. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws. Gave former slaves same rights as other Americans.
  5. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
  6. Compromise that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction in the South
  7. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  8. This was the first high school to be integrated. 9 African Americans started going to the all white high school. President Eisenhower used federal troops to protect them.
  9. Power comes from the people who rule by majority and their own consent.
  10. Many factories, industrial, bigger cities, many immigrants, and didn't support slavery.
  11. American abolitionist. Born a slave on a Maryland plantation, she escaped to the North in 1849 and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom.
  12. General of the Union Army
  13. A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral and caused many northerns to oppose slavery.
  14. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada
  15. The president was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865
  16. Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.
  17. Union fort attacked by Confederates in South Carolina 1861 sparking the start of the Civil War
  18. The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  19. The idea to expand west and that the U.S. was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

38 Clues: Abolished slavery • General of the Union Army • 1st state to secede from the Union • The name for the north during the Civil War • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation • A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • ...

Eight Grade History Berel Mangel 2020-09-29

Eight Grade History Berel Mangel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area of land including California, Texas, and Arizona
  2. The are of the united states where slavery was not allowed
  3. Allowed slave owners to reclaim slaves who escaped
  4. Something proposed in 1802 by Henry Clay
  5. this was what Southern States were called
  6. How slaves were bought and sold
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  1. Someone who actually works to get rid of skavery
  2. Someone who believes in getting rid of slavery
  3. This is what Northern States were called
  4. It doubled the size of America
  5. The person who proposed the Compromise of 1850
  6. This was granted to New Mexico
  7. An escaped slave
  8. Divided the Louisiana Purchase
  9. The area of the untied states where slavery was allowed

15 Clues: An escaped slave • It doubled the size of America • This was granted to New Mexico • Divided the Louisiana Purchase • How slaves were bought and sold • This is what Northern States were called • Something proposed in 1802 by Henry Clay • this was what Southern States were called • Someone who believes in getting rid of slavery • ...

Civil War 2025-03-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the number of states that left the US to have their own
  2. a person that has escaped from a place
  3. a change made to a law
  4. the process of freeing someone from slavery
  5. a person that wanted slavery to end
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  1. the South side of the Civil War
  2. battle ending with Union won and 50,000 dead
  3. what amendment allowed past enslaved people to vote
  4. the withdrawal of states from the United States
  5. the first major land battle fought in Virginia
  6. machine used to seperate cotton from seeds
  7. people planning to do something illegal secretly
  8. led slaves to freedom
  9. president during the Civil War
  10. the United States during the Civil War

15 Clues: led slaves to freedom • a change made to a law • president during the Civil War • the South side of the Civil War • a person that wanted slavery to end • a person that has escaped from a place • the United States during the Civil War • machine used to seperate cotton from seeds • the process of freeing someone from slavery • battle ending with Union won and 50,000 dead • ...

Articles of Confederation 2016-10-13

Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Articles are considered the first ____________
  2. The states made it very clear that they were in charge and would not give up any __________________
  3. States often refused to help the new ____________________
  4. Power was in the hand of ___________, not the small central government
  5. Under the Articles, Congress only had one _____________ (section)
  6. The Articles had no executive branch, which means no ________________
  7. Authority is given mostly to the _______________ – not the governor.
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  1. Who drafted the Articles of Confederation?
  2. The Articles had no judicial branch, which means no _____________
  3. In the Articles the power of the national ____________ is limited
  4. what was the new union of states called
  5. Congress does not have the power to raise ____________
  6. The ____________ provided a temporary means for the states to work together during the Revolution
  7. Under the Articles, Congress could not raise an ___________ to fight

14 Clues: what was the new union of states called • Who drafted the Articles of Confederation? • Articles are considered the first ____________ • Congress does not have the power to raise ____________ • States often refused to help the new ____________________ • The Articles had no judicial branch, which means no _____________ • ...

Constitution Crossword 2024-10-22

Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To officially approve something
  2. A deal where larger states received more votes due to population, while all states get an equal amount of Senators
  3. He wrote the "federalist papers" which helped get the Constitution passed by Cogress
  4. “lower” house of Congress in which the number of each state’s representatives is based on its population.
  5. “upper” house of Congress in which each state has two representatives, called Senators, regardless of its population.
  6. He was known as "The Great Compromiser" as he was able to convince Congress to accept both the New Jersey Plan, and Virginia Plan
  7. The first government created in the United States
  8. The part of a government that makes laws
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  1. A person who was against the adoption of the U.S. Constitution until the Bill of Rights were added
  2. The part of a government that interprets laws
  3. A person who supported Federalism and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
  4. It proposed a Congress of two houses, both of which would be based on a states population (more people, more representation)
  5. When the government’s power comes from the consent of the people; if the government goes against the will of the people, then they have the right to change the government
  6. When power is shared by the national and state governments
  7. The part of a government that enforces laws
  8. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  9. It proposed d for a one-house legislature with each state having equal representation in government (Equal representation in all states)
  10. Each branch of government can “check,” or limit, the power of the other branches
  11. He was known as the "father of the Constitution" for persuading others to ratify it

19 Clues: To officially approve something • The part of a government that makes laws • The part of a government that enforces laws • The part of a government that interprets laws • The first government created in the United States • When power is shared by the national and state governments • The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • ...

GOV'T CROSSWORD 2 2021-11-11

GOV'T CROSSWORD 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a provision of the U.S constitution that states that the constitution, federal law, and treaties of the United States are the "supreme Law of Land"
  2. group of people chosen in each state and district of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president
  3. congressional act admitting a new state to the Union
  4. those powers, expressed, implied,or inherent granted to the national government by the constitution
  5. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the States
  6. those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution
  7. a change in or addition to the constitution or law
  8. those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers
  9. formal agreement entered into with the consent of congress, between or among states, or between a state and a foreign state
  10. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
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  1. a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state;a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require senate consent
  2. first 10 amendments to the constitution
  3. those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise
  4. those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone
  5. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  6. powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  7. a congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step toward admission to the Union
  8. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty

18 Clues: first 10 amendments to the constitution • a change in or addition to the constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new state to the Union • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone • those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise • ...

CONSTITUTION CROSSWORD 2012-12-04

CONSTITUTION CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment 2 states that you have the right to bear _______.
  2. person that votes.
  3. to custody by police
  4. qualified to participate to be chosen
  5. branch Carries out the laws
  6. to change before an authorized tribunal.
  7. right to vote
  8. legal writs to arrest or search private property.
  9. undo
  10. a written or unwritten record
  11. Amendment 16 states the _________ tax.
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  1. The order, act, or right of SUCCEEDING to a property
  2. Which amendment states freedom of speech.
  3. complaint.
  4. a fire or flame.
  5. a letter asking for something
  6. money gave to authorities to get someone out of jail.
  7. shorten lesson
  8. correct and make up for
  9. the offence of attempting to over throw the government

20 Clues: undo • complaint. • right to vote • shorten lesson • a fire or flame. • person that votes. • to custody by police • correct and make up for • branch Carries out the laws • a letter asking for something • a written or unwritten record • qualified to participate to be chosen • Amendment 16 states the _________ tax. • to change before an authorized tribunal. • ...

CHAPTER 11-3 UNITY AND SECTIONALISM 2020-12-11

CHAPTER 11-3 UNITY AND SECTIONALISM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spanish gives up Florida document
  2. Chief Justice John ______ 317
  3. elected in 1816 314
  4. proposed to abolish slavery in Missouri 317
  5. led rebellion in Mexico 321
  6. unity and ___________ 314
  7. transfer control of something 320
  8. second ____ of the United States 315
  9. trade between states 317
  10. sole control of an industry 317
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  1. Era of ______ _______ 314
  2. can't colonize here anymore document 321
  3. the Missouri _______ 318
  4. Henry _________ 315
  5. 3 sections of the U.S. 316
  6. stopped the Seminole raids in Florida 320
  7. gained its independence from Spain in 1821 321
  8. state created to balance free to slave states 318
  9. outgoing President 314
  10. passed in 1816 to protect manufacturers 316
  11. Spanish fort in Louisiana 319

21 Clues: Henry _________ 315 • elected in 1816 314 • outgoing President 314 • the Missouri _______ 318 • trade between states 317 • Era of ______ _______ 314 • unity and ___________ 314 • 3 sections of the U.S. 316 • led rebellion in Mexico 321 • Chief Justice John ______ 317 • Spanish fort in Louisiana 319 • sole control of an industry 317 • Spanish gives up Florida document • ...

Evaluation 2 theme 2 Power 2021-11-09

Evaluation 2 theme 2 Power crossword puzzle
Across
  1. founder of this party was Thomas Jefferson
  2. interpretation strong national government
  3. new Chief Justice
  4. president can deport non citizens
  5. 1st president of United States
  6. no branch gets to much power
  7. pledge a certain area and change their promise they would do
  8. look back see if rules is constitutional or not
  9. fight for his job and sued for it
  10. found guilty of criticizing
  11. thomas Jefferson’s first cousin
  12. 3rd president of United States
  13. Secretary of State secretary of treasury, secretary of war, secretary of attorney
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  1. “necessary and proper”
  2. 2nd president of United States
  3. writer of the federalist papers
  4. move capital closer
  5. of people every 10 years
  6. last second judges
  7. unicameral 1 vote

20 Clues: new Chief Justice • unicameral 1 vote • last second judges • move capital closer • “necessary and proper” • of people every 10 years • found guilty of criticizing • no branch gets to much power • 2nd president of United States • 1st president of United States • 3rd president of United States • writer of the federalist papers • thomas Jefferson’s first cousin • ...

Chapter 2 Vocabulary 2022-09-07

Chapter 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Security through domination
  2. ability to wield power independently
  3. The fundamental rules and norms of politics
  4. weak states that breaks down
  5. The ability of a state to carry out actions
  6. Political power concentrated to authority
  7. Ability to wield power to make people work
  8. States that have strong sovereignty
  9. tendency toward decentralisation
  10. Federalism that is not uniform
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  1. Combined political entities of state, regime, gov
  2. Power that is distributed to regional bodies
  3. Something recognised as right and proper
  4. States that have weak sovereignty
  5. Appeals on the laws they offer
  6. Using customs and age to justify
  7. Organisation that maintains a monopoly of violence
  8. Appeals by power or ideas
  9. Security through cooperation
  10. The leadership that runs the state

20 Clues: Appeals by power or ideas • Security through domination • weak states that breaks down • Security through cooperation • Appeals on the laws they offer • Federalism that is not uniform • Using customs and age to justify • tendency toward decentralisation • States that have weak sovereignty • The leadership that runs the state • States that have strong sovereignty • ...

The civil war 2023-12-11

The civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organization that helped freed slaves
  2. Gift for Abraham
  3. Abolished Slavery
  4. Has a trunk
  5. dividing from the laws of other states
  6. The states not loyal to America
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  1. Man's best friend
  2. Place full of railroads
  3. Era after the Civil War
  4. Process of being free, with equal rights
  5. Large marsupial
  6. diving from a state
  7. The states loyal to America
  8. Transportation of resources and people

14 Clues: Has a trunk • Large marsupial • Gift for Abraham • Man's best friend • Abolished Slavery • diving from a state • Place full of railroads • Era after the Civil War • The states loyal to America • The states not loyal to America • Organization that helped freed slaves • Transportation of resources and people • dividing from the laws of other states • ...

Madison and Jackson Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-10

Madison and Jackson Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The greatest American victory led by future President
  2. President of the United States from 1825 to 1829,an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer
  3. one of the two major,political parties in the United States, founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson
  4. a conflict fought between the United States and its Indigenous allies on one side and the United Kingdom
  5. 9th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men
  6. a American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S
  7. political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity
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  1. two political parties in United States
  2. To remove all native American tribesTrailofTears the forced relocation people were forced move on their way out west some of the suffered from exposer
  3. a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.
  4. the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service
  5. Somebody that became president in 1808
  6. a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters

13 Clues: two political parties in United States • Somebody that became president in 1808 • The greatest American victory led by future President • the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service • a American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S • ...

Constitution 2021-11-15

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Title of the chief executive of the US government
  2. Supporters of the new Constitution and its strong central government
  3. Name of the middle ground agreement in which there are two houses of Congress, one based on population size and one with an equal number of representatives for all states
  4. Term for a person sent to represent their state at the gathering to revise the Articles of Confederation
  5. Number of states needed to formally approve the Constitution
  6. Man who proposed finding a middle ground on the issue of how many representatives each state should get (last name)
  7. This practice was banned by Congress in the northern part of the territory gained from Britain
  8. Plan in which Congressional representation would be based on the population size of each state
  9. The name of the lawmaking body of the US Government
  10. Part of Congress in which the number of representatives for each state is based on population size (___________ of Representatives)
  11. The U.S. government's inability to impose __________ caused it to have major financial issues early in its existence
  12. Congress called a ________ to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation
  13. Branch of government which enforces laws
  14. President of the Constitutional Convention (last name)
  15. The city where the Founding Fathers met to revise the Articles of Confederation
  16. Name of the part of Congress in which each state gets two representatives
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  1. Plan in which Congressional representation would be equal for all states
  2. Branch of government which interprets the laws
  3. In order to satisfy southern states, Congress was forbidden from interfering with this for 20 years
  4. a written plan that provides the basic framework of government
  5. The framers decided to compromise by counting every 5 slaves living in a states a ____ people (spell out number)
  6. Term for people who did not support the Constitution because it created too strong of a central government
  7. A loose alliance of states with similar interests
  8. 1787 law which created guidelines for how new states would be admitted to the union
  9. System in which the president is chosen by a group of specially chosen voters from each state
  10. Last name of a Massachusetts farmer who led a rebellion against the local government
  11. The land between Canada, the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the original 13 states (___________ territory)
  12. Time period of rational and informed thinking in Europe which influenced the Founding Fathers ideas on government
  13. Branch of government which makes laws
  14. To formally approve a plan or agreement

30 Clues: Branch of government which makes laws • To formally approve a plan or agreement • Branch of government which enforces laws • Branch of government which interprets the laws • Title of the chief executive of the US government • A loose alliance of states with similar interests • The name of the lawmaking body of the US Government • ...

friday activity chapter 2/3 2019-08-28

friday activity chapter 2/3 crossword puzzle
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  1. the right of the states to rule that acts of congress laws are invalid/illegal
  2. the process of selecting to judges where the nomination is by appointment and the subsequent retention is by a retention election
  3. a view that states should have independent authority to go against the federal government of the constitution
  4. presidential electors selected to represent their selected states during the election.
  5. authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional
  6. political party established by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. opposed the constitution, supported bill of rights.
  7. act of formally withdrawing from the nation
  8. give congress the power to pass certain laws outside of their normal powers in the constitution
  9. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the states are represented equally by the upper chamber
  10. required states to return runaway slaves
  11. powers held by both the state and national government in the federal system
  12. powers the states possess under the constitution
  13. FDR's plan to add new supreme court justices so they would uphold his ideas
  14. system of government where national and state powers are slipt equally
  15. doctrine holding state governments separate from federal government
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  1. first 10 amendments in the constitution, establish freedoms
  2. the authority of the president to place certain legislations that are passed by congress
  3. system of government where authority lies with national government
  4. formal way to change the constitution
  5. powers granted to the congress by the constitution
  6. makes federal law more important than state laws
  7. political powers are exercised directly by the citizens
  8. compromise that granted states more representation in the house of representatives depending on how many slaves you have. counting them as 3/5 a person
  9. authority is spread amongst branches equally giving them each different responsibilities
  10. systemsystem of government that authority rests with regional government
  11. powers that aren't explicitly given to congress but given with necessary clause.
  12. meeting in 1787 where the 12 states discussed the articles of confederation but decided to create the constitution
  13. authorities other branches to have certain control over the others used to make sure one branch doesn't have to much power.
  14. A document (or set of documents) that will establish the basic rules for how a society should be governed.
  15. political party that was established by Alexander Hamilton and his followers. supported the constitution

30 Clues: formal way to change the constitution • required states to return runaway slaves • act of formally withdrawing from the nation • makes federal law more important than state laws • powers the states possess under the constitution • authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional • powers granted to the congress by the constitution • ...

Our Puzzling Government #2 2022-11-18

Our Puzzling Government #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
  2. Grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
  3. An act creating a new state
  4. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
  5. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government. (Power that belongs to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community)
  6. Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution reasonably suggested.
  7. Passing down of responsibilities from the national government to the states.
  8. Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached
  9. Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).
  10. Grants made to States, private agencies for projects
  11. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
  12. Thought that Government should be free of parties
  13. Direct federal orders to state and local governments requiring them to perform a service or to obey federal laws in the performance of their functions.
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  1. Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
  2. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  3. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
  4. Network of political, financial, and administrative relationships between units of the federal government and those of state and local governments.
  5. The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
  6. Constitutional agreement by which the national government is created by and relies on subnational governments for its authority
  7. Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose
  8. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution spelled out expressly.
  9. Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments
  10. One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
  11. powers saved for the states
  12. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution

25 Clues: An act creating a new state • powers saved for the states • Thought that Government should be free of parties • Grants made to States, private agencies for projects • Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone • Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose • Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments • ...

Unit 1 Vocab 2025-10-01

Unit 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Funding from the federal government that is restricted to specific categories of expenditures
  2. Governing document that created union of thirteen sovereign states states not fed gov was supreme
  3. Written to support the new constitution and justify why they were creating three branches
  4. Allows Congress to "make all laws" that appear"necessary and proper"to implement its delegated powers
  5. Process by which changes may be made to the constitution
  6. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson inspired by John Locke
  7. A person who supported the Constitution and favored stronger state government
  8. Clasue in the constitution that states all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land above state law
  9. Governing document that created a new government with stronger fed powers and established gov institutions
  10. An agreement between people in society to give up some freedoms to maintain social order
  11. Powers that are shared by the federal government and state governments
  12. Powers that are specifically given to federal government in the constitution
  13. There are two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of representatives
  14. rules by representitives
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  1. The US constitution including Bill of Rights specifically designed and enumerated to protect individual liberties and rights
  2. Government power comes from the consent of the people
  3. Sharing powers between fed and state government
  4. powers Powers that are not specifically given to the federal government and are reserved for the states
  5. A governments power cannot be absolute
  6. Document written to support the new constitution and justify why federal government should have more power that state government
  7. Legal approvement of the Constitution
  8. Each branch of federal government is delegated equal and separate powers
  9. Establishes goals of the constitution
  10. Each branch can check and balance the power of the other branches, ensuring no one branch becomes to powerful
  11. States that when powers are not defined or delegated by the Constitution, the states have reserved power to make their own decisions
  12. A person who is opposed to the constitution and favored stronger federal government
  13. The rights you were born with
  14. Federal government mandates or requires the states to do something
  15. Funding from the federal government to the states with minimal restrictions on it's use
  16. A group of people who ashre the same interest and try to influence policy
  17. Written to criticize the new constitution and justify why it was bad and the state government should have more power than federal government

31 Clues: rules by representitives • The rights you were born with • Legal approvement of the Constitution • Establishes goals of the constitution • A governments power cannot be absolute • Sharing powers between fed and state government • Drafted by Thomas Jefferson inspired by John Locke • Government power comes from the consent of the people • ...

Underground Railroad 2018-11-29

Underground Railroad crossword puzzle
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  1. a person who directed runaway slaves where to go next.
  2. the northern states that wanted to abolish(end) slavery.
  3. she was a conductor on the underground railroad.
  4. Safe place to stop along the Underground Railroad.
  5. president Lincoln's written document that freed all slaves.
  6. the southern states who wanted to keep slavery.
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  1. to leave (southern states wanted to secede , leave the Union).
  2. System for helping slaves escape to freedom
  3. a person running away to avoid being captured.
  4. house a place where runaway slaves could find food and shelter.(station)
  5. believing that the practice of owning people as slaves is wrong.
  6. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
  7. a code word for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad.
  8. the war between the northern and the southern states.

14 Clues: System for helping slaves escape to freedom • a person running away to avoid being captured. • the southern states who wanted to keep slavery. • she was a conductor on the underground railroad. • Safe place to stop along the Underground Railroad. • the war between the northern and the southern states. • a person who directed runaway slaves where to go next. • ...

Underground Railroad 2018-11-29

Underground Railroad crossword puzzle
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  1. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
  2. she was a conductor on the underground railroad.
  3. Safe place to stop along the Underground Railroad.
  4. to leave (southern states wanted to secede , leave the Union).
  5. the war between the northern and the southern states.
  6. a code word for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad.
  7. Railroad System for helping slaves escape to freedom
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  1. believing that the practice of owning people as slaves is wrong.
  2. a person who directed runaway slaves where to go next.
  3. president Lincoln's written document that freed all slaves.
  4. the southern states who wanted to keep slavery.
  5. a place where runaway slaves could find food and shelter.(station)
  6. the northern states that wanted to abolish(end) slavery.
  7. a person running away to avoid being captured.

14 Clues: a person running away to avoid being captured. • the southern states who wanted to keep slavery. • she was a conductor on the underground railroad. • Safe place to stop along the Underground Railroad. • the war between the northern and the southern states. • a person who directed runaway slaves where to go next. • ...

Andrew Jackson Crossword 2023-10-18

Andrew Jackson Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A member of a north american people originally of the southeastern us
  2. A political party
  3. Financial crisis in the united states that touched off a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s
  4. An ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "five civilized tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the united states government
  5. The second federally authorized hamiltonian national bank in the united States
  6. Signed into law on May 28, 1830, by united states president andrew Jackson.
  7. Was a 19th-century political philosophy in the united states that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21 and restructured a number of federal institutions
  8. A person sent or authorized to represent others
  9. Land which the indians were forced to give up
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  1. A conservative political party that existed in the united states during the mid-19th century
  2. To state run banks that were given more power because they were loyal to president andrew jackson
  3. The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
  4. An american lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who served as the eighth president of the united states from 1837 to 1841
  5. Applied by european americans in the colonial and early federal period in the history of the united states to the five major native american nations in the southeast, the cherokee, chickasaw, choctaw, muscogee, and seminoles.
  6. Womens struggle to gain the right to vote

15 Clues: A political party • Womens struggle to gain the right to vote • Land which the indians were forced to give up • A person sent or authorized to represent others • A member of a north american people originally of the southeastern us • Signed into law on May 28, 1830, by united states president andrew Jackson. • ...

Social Studies is Fun! 2023-09-24

Social Studies is Fun! crossword puzzle
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  1. Ocean on the west coast of the United States
  2. Longest river in the United States
  3. Historic object made by people
  4. How power is used in society, including laws
  5. Continent which the United States is on
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  1. How someone views something
  2. Journal of Benjamin Franklin
  3. Grassy lands in the center of the United States
  4. Source Textbook
  5. Study of how people manage their resouces
  6. Ocean on the east coast of the United States

11 Clues: Source Textbook • How someone views something • Journal of Benjamin Franklin • Historic object made by people • Longest river in the United States • Continent which the United States is on • Study of how people manage their resouces • Ocean on the west coast of the United States • How power is used in society, including laws • Ocean on the east coast of the United States • ...

History Extra Credit 2016-01-06

History Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. Negative nickname for a white southern Republican after the civil war.
  2. First major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederates in July 1861
  3. Type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned; it is applied when the chief executive does not formally sign or reject a bill within the period of time allowed to do so
  4. War between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South; fought from 1861 to 1865
  5. The first women's rights convention in the United States history, held in 1848
  6. the right to vote
  7. People who moved their homes regularly, usually in search of available source of food.
  8. Place where weapons are made or stored
  9. Program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair the damage to the South caused by the Civil War and restore the southern states by the Union.
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  1. Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.
  2. The United States as a unit; or, during the Civil War, the North
  3. Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
  4. A railroad stretching from coast to coast
  5. To join or attach, as in the joining of a new territory to an existing country
  6. Regulation that prohibited certain activities people considered immoral such as drinking alcohol on Sundays.
  7. A [policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
  8. In the Civil War, the states between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
  9. An official forgiveness of the crime.
  10. Required military service

19 Clues: the right to vote • Required military service • An official forgiveness of the crime. • Place where weapons are made or stored • A railroad stretching from coast to coast • A [policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants • The United States as a unit; or, during the Civil War, the North • ...

10.6.1 - Cold War 2024-04-15

10.6.1 - Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. The state of hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II.
  2. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several ___ European nations.
  3. East Berlin, Cuba, the Soviet Union (USSR), and North Korea were all ____ countries.
  4. On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered which War?
  5. After he led Vietnam to independence from France, Ho Chi Minh became the communist leader of ____.
  6. The main goal of the ___ ___ was to see who could land the first person on the moon.
  7. In 1955, the Soviet Union created the ___ ____ in response to the creation of NATO.
  8. Zedong’s Great Leap Forward was a failure and resulted in a widespread ____.
  9. The ___ Missile Crisis lead the Soviet Union in attempting to install missiles less than 100 miles off the coast of Florida.
  10. The ____ _____ facilitated political stability in western Europe, which led to economic rebuilding.
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  1. who led the first Chinese Communist Party?
  2. The imaginary line between the Communist East and Democratic West.
  3. In his popular speech given on June 12, 1987, which United States president ___ ____ said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
  4. The ___ theory was a belief that if one country became communist, others would follow.
  5. Mikhail Gorbachev instituted the policies of glasnost and perestroika to reform the ___ ____ politically and economically.
  6. West Berlin and the United States were ____ countries.
  7. The Soviet Union launched which satellite on October 4, 1957?
  8. When the ____ won WWII, The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers and competitors.
  9. The Bay of Pigs operation was aimed to trigger an uprising against communist leader ____ ___.

19 Clues: who led the first Chinese Communist Party? • West Berlin and the United States were ____ countries. • The Soviet Union launched which satellite on October 4, 1957? • On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered which War? • The imaginary line between the Communist East and Democratic West. • ...

8/30 Crossword Activity 2019-08-27

8/30 Crossword Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. A system of government where citizens vote themselves and not through representatives
  2. Article in the Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate business across states lines or that affect more than one state or outside nations
  3. Ability of the judicial branch to declare acts of the other two branches unconstitutional
  4. (1819) Court case where the Supreme Court ruled Congress could create a national bank
  5. Article of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to tax to provide for health, peace, morality, and safety of the public
  6. Powers of Congress that are not specified in the Constitution
  7. Rule by the people
  8. An article that gives Congress the power to pass all laws that are necessary and proper to its enumerated powers
  9. Document that the Continental Congress adopted which outlined the first system of government in the United States which gave most of the power to the states
  10. A state’s declaring an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional null and void
  11. People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
  12. (1803) Court case that established the power of judicial review
  13. President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress
  14. System of government in which states have sovereign powers, and a central government has limited powers over the states
  15. Powers of Congress that are specified in the Constitution
  16. Makes federal laws supreme over state laws
  17. System of government where states and the federal government both have power
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  1. Groups that influence government by backing candidates for election to enact a supported set of public policies
  2. The president is indirectly elected through this system
  3. Powers held jointly by the national and state governments
  4. (1787) Meeting at which all twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation buy ended up proposing an entirely new Construction
  5. A system of government where citizens vote on representatives to govern them
  6. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  7. A Constitutional division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  8. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
  9. FDR’s failed plan to add new justices to the Supreme Court so they would uphold his polices
  10. Formal process of changing the constitution
  11. Process for selecting state judges where the judge is originally appointed, and a retention election determine if the judge stays
  12. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
  13. People who supported the ratification of the Constitution and later was the name of a political party supporting Alexander Hamilton

30 Clues: Rule by the people • Makes federal laws supreme over state laws • Formal process of changing the constitution • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Powers retained by the states under the Constitution • President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress • The president is indirectly elected through this system • ...

social studies 2022-11-18

social studies crossword puzzle
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  1. army division
  2. will not fight
  3. case before another case
  4. usa government
  5. helps small states
  6. makes laws
  7. sentences criminals
  8. after articles of confederation
  9. congress
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  1. 10 rights
  2. includes president
  3. helps large states
  4. compromise between virginia& new jeresy
  5. follow, fall in sync
  6. constitutionality of laws
  7. come across, take
  8. declaration of independence
  9. take part in
  10. politics

19 Clues: politics • congress • 10 rights • makes laws • take part in • army division • will not fight • usa government • come across, take • includes president • helps large states • helps small states • sentences criminals • follow, fall in sync • case before another case • constitutionality of laws • declaration of independence • after articles of confederation • compromise between virginia& new jeresy

Civil war 2022-05-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. last battle of the civil war
  2. civil war begins
  3. Bloodiest battle of the civil war
  4. first shots were fired at the war
  5. wanted to keep slavery
  6. date of the civil war finished
  7. General of the south
  8. amount of troops abraham Lincoln sent after the south shot the first shot
  9. how many states joined the Confederate
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  1. leader of the south
  2. Familiar with land that they were fighting one
  3. amount of border states
  4. wanted to abolish slavery
  5. First state to leave the Union
  6. time of civil war
  7. longest battle in the civil war
  8. president of United states
  9. General of the north
  10. owned 90 percent of weapon factories
  11. deadliest bullet used in civil war

20 Clues: civil war begins • time of civil war • leader of the south • General of the north • General of the south • wanted to keep slavery • amount of border states • wanted to abolish slavery • president of United states • last battle of the civil war • First state to leave the Union • date of the civil war finished • longest battle in the civil war • Bloodiest battle of the civil war • ...

Allied Powers 2022-11-17

Allied Powers crossword puzzle
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  1. Entered the war when Germany invaded Belgium.
  2. Also known as the Allied Powers.
  3. The Western Front was in this country.
  4. Country that had their own revolution during WW1.
  5. British commander.
  6. Prime Minister of France.
  7. French commander.
  8. Tsar of Russia.
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  1. Became the leader of the Soviet Union after the revolution.
  2. Considered an Associated Power.
  3. President of the United States.
  4. What the United States and Belgium tried to stay.
  5. Prime Minister of Britain.
  6. Also known as the Entente Powers.
  7. United States commander.
  8. A Russian commander.
  9. Fighting forces of a country.

17 Clues: Tsar of Russia. • French commander. • British commander. • A Russian commander. • United States commander. • Prime Minister of France. • Prime Minister of Britain. • Fighting forces of a country. • Considered an Associated Power. • President of the United States. • Also known as the Allied Powers. • Also known as the Entente Powers. • The Western Front was in this country. • ...

American Symbols 2023-07-22

American Symbols crossword puzzle
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  1. The flag of the United States, consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field, representing the original thirteen colonies and the fifty states.
  2. The official residence and workplace of the President of the United States, representing the nation's executive branch.
  3. The supreme law of the United States, outlining the framework for the federal government and protecting individual rights.
  4. The vast, flat region in the central United States, symbolizing the country's agricultural heritage.
  5. A classic American food often associated with sporting events and outdoor gatherings.
  6. An iconic bell located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, symbolizing American independence and freedom.
  7. A nickname for the American flag, symbolizing national pride and unity.
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  1. A sculpture carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota, featuring the faces of four U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
  2. A popular American dessert, often considered a symbol of traditional American culture.
  3. A symbol of freedom and democracy, located in New York Harbor, welcoming immigrants to the United States.
  4. The national bird and symbol of the United States, representing strength, freedom, and independence.
  5. Often referred to as "America's pastime," baseball is a beloved sport with deep roots in American history.
  6. A personification of the United States government, often depicted as a tall, bearded man wearing a top hat and red, white, and blue clothing.
  7. The world-famous center of the American film industry, representing American entertainment and culture globally.

14 Clues: A nickname for the American flag, symbolizing national pride and unity. • A classic American food often associated with sporting events and outdoor gatherings. • A popular American dessert, often considered a symbol of traditional American culture. • The national bird and symbol of the United States, representing strength, freedom, and independence. • ...

Native American Heritage Month Facts 2022-10-24

Native American Heritage Month Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. Not all Native American tribes have their own ___.
  2. In 1990, Congress and what president passed the law designating November as the first National American Indian Heritage Month?
  3. The birth name of General Ely Parker, born to the Seneca tribe (Who wrote the Union's conditions of surrender to the Confederates during the Civil War)
  4. 31st Vice President of the United States who was longtime senator from Kansas and sports ancestry of the Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi
  5. What percentage of the US Population identifies as Native American?
  6. The People of the South Wind are known as the ___tribe.
  7. What is the Lakota formation Tunkasila Sakpe Paha known as now?
  8. First native American community to sign a treaty with the United States government.
  9. The ___ ___ has the largest tribal land in the United States.
  10. Native Americans spoke more than ___ ___ languages.
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  1. Which Native American Confederacy is considered one of the oldest living democracies in the world?
  2. What percentage of Native Americans living in the United States today live on reservations?
  3. Word meaning "the people" in the Inuktitut language.
  4. Oldest Earthwork Mound complex in North America (older than pyramids and stonehenge)
  5. Which Native American chief is known for uniting many tribes of Native American people to stand against the United States Government in the battle of Little Bighorn?
  6. The first ____ in a Native American language began publishing in 1828.
  7. The ____ __ ____ was a series of forced displacements of approx 60,000 American Indians of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States Government.
  8. What year were Native Americans granted American Citizenship?
  9. What is the most commonly used Native American language?
  10. Native American group who commonly served as code talkers during WW2

20 Clues: Not all Native American tribes have their own ___. • Native Americans spoke more than ___ ___ languages. • Word meaning "the people" in the Inuktitut language. • The People of the South Wind are known as the ___tribe. • What is the most commonly used Native American language? • What year were Native Americans granted American Citizenship? • ...

The Constitutional Convention 2024-03-13

The Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  2. A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  3. A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
  4. To agree or pledge to support someone or something
  5. Opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the loose association of states established under the Articles of Confederation.
  6. An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  7. To formally approve a plan or an agreement. T
  8. A country governed by elected representatives
  9. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
  10. A strong disagreement.
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  1. The first written plan of government for the United States.
  2. The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress.
  3. A series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states
  4. supporting Ideas of freedom, change, and progress
  5. A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes.
  6. The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president.
  7. A difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
  8. Supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the creation of a strong federal government that shared power with the states.
  9. The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe.

19 Clues: A strong disagreement. • To formally approve a plan or an agreement. T • A country governed by elected representatives • supporting Ideas of freedom, change, and progress • A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan • To agree or pledge to support someone or something • The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. • ...

Confederation to Constitution 2024-02-14

Confederation to Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. System of government in which power is shared between the states and federal government.
  2. Served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
  3. 1786 uprising in Massachusetts of 1500 farmers led by Daniel Shays, who were protesting unfair land taxes and an unresponsive government.
  4. People who supported the Constitution.
  5. Essays written by Federalists urging ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
  6. Determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
  7. Area of land north of the Ohio River and included the current states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and a chunk of Minnesota.
  8. Plan proposed a government that would have three branches (judicial, legislative, & executive) and two houses.
  9. Trail built by Daniel Boone that served as the pathway to the western United States for over 300,000 settlers.
  10. Described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed.
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  1. Established the United States legislature as a bicameral, or two-house law-making body (Senate & House of Representatives).
  2. Virginia delegate of the Constitutional Convention who refused to sign the Constitution until a bill of rights was added.
  3. People who opposed the Constitution.
  4. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
  5. Divided the Northwest Territory into townships.
  6. Was a convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island that met in Philadelphia, PA, in May of 1787.
  7. Plan called for a legislature with only one house, and each state only one vote.
  8. Was known as the "Father of the Constitution."
  9. In this form of government people choose representatives to govern them.

19 Clues: People who opposed the Constitution. • People who supported the Constitution. • The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. • Was known as the "Father of the Constitution." • Divided the Northwest Territory into townships. • Described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed. • In this form of government people choose representatives to govern them. • ...

Reconstruction Era 2023-04-20

Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Most ___ voters joined the Republican Party—the party of Lincoln and emancipation.
  2. was elected with the help of half a million votes cast by Black men.
  3. President Johnson was accused by Congress of violating the ___ of Office Act.
  4. change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race, or because the person was once enslaved.
  5. In 1870 and 1871, Congress passed three laws to combat violence against Black Americans known as the _____ Acts.
  6. laws enforcing segregation of Black and White people in the South after the Civil War.
  7. the Freedman's Bureau built more than 1,000 _____.
  8. the right to ____ allowed formerly enslaved peoples to keep a family record.
  9. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States
  10. rented their land from plantation owners.
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  1. The conventions met and wrote new _____ for their states.
  2. The ____ Act allowed most former Confederates to vote once again.
  3. an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
  4. the period after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union as the federal government addressed the impact of slavery
  5. the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law.
  6. About a ____ of the South’s new officeholders were Black men.
  7. Congress reorganized the South into five military _____.
  8. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all individuals equal protection of the law.
  9. laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of Black Americans

19 Clues: rented their land from plantation owners. • the Freedman's Bureau built more than 1,000 _____. • Congress reorganized the South into five military _____. • The conventions met and wrote new _____ for their states. • About a ____ of the South’s new officeholders were Black men. • The ____ Act allowed most former Confederates to vote once again. • ...

GOVERNMENT CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2023-12-05

GOVERNMENT CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures.
  2. An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
  3. The process of dividing seats for the House among the 50 states following the decennial census.
  4. A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature or bureaucracy.
  5. A body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  6. A legislative act referred for final approval to a popular vote by electorate.
  7. Direct group involvement in the electoral process.
  8. Mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America.
  9. A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.
  10. A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
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  1. A condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.
  2. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
  3. A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
  4. Contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of federal law.
  5. All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
  6. The right to vote in political elections.
  7. Granted women the right to vote.
  8. The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
  9. A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.

19 Clues: Granted women the right to vote. • The right to vote in political elections. • Direct group involvement in the electoral process. • Contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of federal law. • The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges. • All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. • ...

Gov Crossword 2021-11-09

Gov Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  2. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  3. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
  4. those powers which can be exercised by the national government alone
  5. the first ten amendments to the constitution
  6. a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require senate consent
  7. a change in, or addition to a constitution or law
  8. those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution
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  1. those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the constituion
  2. those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution
  3. a provision of the U.S. Constitution that states that the constitution, federal law, and treaties of the united states are the "supreme law of the land"
  4. those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise
  5. formal agreement entered into with the consent of congress, between or among states, or between a state and foreign state
  6. congressional act admitting a new state to the union
  7. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
  8. those powers that the constitution does not grant to the national government and does not deny tho the states
  9. group of persons chosen in each state and the district of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president
  10. a congressional act direction the people of a united states territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step toward admission to the union

18 Clues: the first ten amendments to the constitution • a change in, or addition to a constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new state to the union • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the national government alone • those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise • ...

political dictionary chapter 4 2021-10-24

political dictionary chapter 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. No state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those who happen to live in another state. Each state must recognize the right of any US citizen to travel or become a resident of a state.
  2. An act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed state constitution. A convention prepares the constitution , then it is put up to a popular vote to the proposed state.
  3. Powers that only the national government has. This power includes things such as; the power to coin money, make treaties with foriegn states, and lay duties ( taxes ) on imports.
  4. Agreements amongst ourselves and forign states
  5. A system of government where in the power is split between a national government and states
  6. A document dividing the power between the national government and the states
  7. Grants made to states and localities, occasionally private agencies as well.
  8. Grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
  9. A grant for a more broad / general use.
  10. Powers that both the national government and state possess. An example of these powers are they can levy and collect taxes, to define crimes and set punishments, and condemn private property for public use.
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  1. Often comes into play in court matters by making sure punishment is enforced. ( cannot escape punishment by moving to another state )
  2. Powers that belong to the national government due to it being a government of a sovereign state within the world community. They are powers that the constitution does not expressly state but the national government always had.
  3. Powers that are given in the constitution.
  4. Powers granted to only the states. These include; forbidding a person under 18 from marrying without parental consent, forbiding the purchase of liqour to anyone under 21, ban the sale of pornography, outlaw prostitution, permit forms of gambling, and make people like doctors and lawyers to have a license in order to do their practice.
  5. The legal process by which a fugitive from justice from one state is returned to that state.
  6. A form of federal monetary aid that involves congress giving an annual share of the federal tax revenue to their; states, cities, counties, and townships.
  7. An act to create a new state.
  8. Powers given to the national government and are expressly spelled out / stated in the constitution.
  9. Grants made for a specific purpose.
  10. Powers that are not directly written in the constitution but are hinted at within reason.

20 Clues: An act to create a new state. • Grants made for a specific purpose. • A grant for a more broad / general use. • Powers that are given in the constitution. • Agreements amongst ourselves and forign states • A document dividing the power between the national government and the states • Grants made to states and localities, occasionally private agencies as well. • ...

1960-1968 Crossword Activity 2022-04-22

1960-1968 Crossword Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
  2. involved mechanically scanning images then transmitting those images onto a screen
  3. a 20th-century competition between two Cold War adversaries, the Soviet Union and the United States, to achieve superior spaceflight capability
  4. set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65
  5. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  6. often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
  7. was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon
  8. American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination
  9. went full throttle in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to claim a leadership role in space and land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.
  10. a countercultural movement that rejected the mores of mainstream American life
  11. a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba
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  1. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans
  2. was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement
  3. a act that outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
  4. the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He was a member of the Republican Party
  5. the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963
  6. “to strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in postsecondary and higher education”
  7. A set of government programs, designed to help poor Americans, begun by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964
  8. leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba
  9. African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.
  10. the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a communist state that spanned Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

21 Clues: a countercultural movement that rejected the mores of mainstream American life • involved mechanically scanning images then transmitting those images onto a screen • was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union • the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963 • ...

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary 2017-12-13

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. paper money backed not by gold or silver but by government guarantee of value
  2. series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression
  3. public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried, men from relief families as part of the New Deal
  4. old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped
  5. American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945
  6. Herbert Clark Hoover was an American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States
  7. assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups gathered in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates
  8. provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley
  9. Backing dollars solely with gold
  10. United States government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks
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  1. No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice
  2. a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
  3. law that was passed by the United States Congress to facilitate regulation of electric utilities
  4. term used to describe a series of 28 evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  5. was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry
  6. purchase of an asset by paying the margin and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker
  7. increase the size of the Supreme Court and then bring in several new justices who would change the balance of opinion on the Court
  8. bill passed during the administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in reaction to the financially adverse conditions of the Great Depression
  9. shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America
  10. largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads

20 Clues: Backing dollars solely with gold • No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice • paper money backed not by gold or silver but by government guarantee of value • purchase of an asset by paying the margin and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker • ...

Unit 3 Crossword Part 1 2018-11-24

Unit 3 Crossword Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The POE that states that if a=b and c is not equal to 0, then a/c = b/c
  2. The POE that states that if a=b, then a+c = b+c
  3. if the pair of angles are corresponding, then they are congruent to each other
  4. vertical angles are congruent
  5. the process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts, definitions, and properties
  6. If D is in the interior of angle ABC, then angle ABD + angle DBC = angle ABC
  7. non-adjacent interior angles that lie on opposite sides of a transversal
  8. If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC
  9. The POE that states that if a=b, then a-c = b-c
  10. a line that intersects two or more lines at two different points
  11. if the pair of angles are alternate interior angles, then they are congruent to each other
  12. if the pair of angles are same side exterior angles, then they are supplementary
  13. interior angles that lie on the same side of a transversal
  14. two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees
  15. angles that lie on the same side of a transversal and one is exterior and the other is interior
  16. The POE that states that if a=b and b=c, then a=c
  17. The POE that states that if a=b, then b can be substituted for a in any expression
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  1. the process of reasoning that a rule or statement is true because specific cases are true
  2. if the pair of angles are alternate exterior angles, then they are congruent to each other
  3. two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary
  4. if the pair of angles are same side interior angles, then they are supplementary
  5. The POE that states that if a=b, then ac = bc
  6. non-adjacent exterior angles that lie on opposite sides of a transversal
  7. adjacent, supplementary angles
  8. the definition that states two objects have the same measure
  9. two angles in the same plane with a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points
  10. two congruent angles formed by two intersecting lines that are not adjacent
  11. The property that states that a(b+c) = ab + ac
  12. exterior angles that lie on the same side of a transversal
  13. two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees

30 Clues: vertical angles are congruent • adjacent, supplementary angles • If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC • The POE that states that if a=b, then ac = bc • The property that states that a(b+c) = ab + ac • two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees • The POE that states that if a=b, then a+c = b+c • The POE that states that if a=b, then a-c = b-c • ...

8/30 Discussion 2019-08-30

8/30 Discussion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part in the constitution which lays out the power for Congress to exclusivity in regulating state commerce
  2. an early American political party which opposed having a strong central government
  3. the form of government which splits power between a central and local governments
  4. the President, the branch of government which enforces the laws
  5. The belief that state governments should have more power than the federal government
  6. an early political part which favored stronger central powers
  7. the congress, the branch of government which creates the laws
  8. The failed attempt at government which gave states much more power than the government
  9. the middle ground plan for Congress with two houses, one with equal representation, and one with population based representation
  10. the ability of each branch to establish power over the others
  11. form of government based on indirect democracy
  12. served on George Washington's staff during the Revolution, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and an author of the Federalist Papers
  13. Philadelphia delegate to the Second Continental Congress, helped draft the Declaration of Independence
  14. blueprint for congress that favored large states by having population based representation
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  1. the middle ground of presidential electors as the people elect them and then they cast their ballots for president
  2. drafted the Declaration of Independence 3rd president of the United States
  3. Ney York delegate to the First Continental Congress, an author of The Federalist papers
  4. the power of the judicial branch established in Marbury vs. Madison
  5. Vice President under George Washington, and 2nd president of the United States
  6. an addition to the constitution
  7. Document written by Thomas Jefferson to be sent to the King of England
  8. the Rights of states to ignore acts of congress they believe illegal
  9. the division of responsibilities and abilities to the three branches of government
  10. the Supreme Court, the branch of government which decides if a law is constitutional
  11. counter to The Virginia Plan, this plan favored small states with equal representation for all states.
  12. a state formally withdrawing from the union
  13. the limited powers given to the Congress by the constitution
  14. First President of the United States
  15. the first ten amendments to the constitution which protect the individual liberties of American citizens
  16. Virginian delegate to the Second Continental Congress, an author of the Federalist Papers, main author of the Bill of Rights

30 Clues: an addition to the constitution • First President of the United States • a state formally withdrawing from the union • form of government based on indirect democracy • the limited powers given to the Congress by the constitution • an early political part which favored stronger central powers • the congress, the branch of government which creates the laws • ...

Our Puzzling Government #2 2022-11-18

Our Puzzling Government #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
  2. Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
  3. Network of political, financial, and administrative relationships between units of the federal government and those of state and local governments.
  4. The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
  5. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution spelled out expressly.
  6. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
  7. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government. (Power that belongs to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community)
  8. One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
  9. An act creating a new state
  10. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  11. Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached
  12. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
  13. of powers Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).
  14. Constitutional agreement by which the national government is created by and relies on subnational governments for its authority
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  1. Grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
  2. Thought that Government should be free of parties
  3. Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose
  4. Grants made to States, private agencies for projects
  5. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
  6. Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution reasonably suggested.
  7. powers saved for the states
  8. Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments
  9. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution
  10. Passing down of responsibilities from the national government to the states.

24 Clues: powers saved for the states • An act creating a new state • Thought that Government should be free of parties • Grants made to States, private agencies for projects • Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone • Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose • Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments • ...

Our Puzzling Government #2 2022-11-18

Our Puzzling Government #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
  2. Grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
  3. An act creating a new state
  4. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
  5. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government. (Power that belongs to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community)
  6. Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution reasonably suggested.
  7. Passing down of responsibilities from the national government to the states.
  8. Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached
  9. Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).
  10. Grants made to States, private agencies for projects
  11. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
  12. Thought that Government should be free of parties
  13. Direct federal orders to state and local governments requiring them to perform a service or to obey federal laws in the performance of their functions.
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  1. Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
  2. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  3. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
  4. Network of political, financial, and administrative relationships between units of the federal government and those of state and local governments.
  5. The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
  6. Constitutional agreement by which the national government is created by and relies on subnational governments for its authority
  7. Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose
  8. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution spelled out expressly.
  9. Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments
  10. One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
  11. powers saved for the states
  12. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution

25 Clues: An act creating a new state • powers saved for the states • Thought that Government should be free of parties • Grants made to States, private agencies for projects • Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone • Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose • Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments • ...

friday activity-chapter 2/3 2019-08-27

friday activity-chapter 2/3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of selecting to judges where the nomination is by appointment and the subsequent retention is by a retention election
  2. first 10 amendments in the constitution, establish freedoms
  3. political party established by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. opposed the constitution, supported bill of rights.
  4. powers held by both the state and national government in the federal system
  5. required states to return runaway slaves
  6. act of formally withdrawing from the nation
  7. formal way to change the constitution
  8. doctrine holding state governments separate from federal government
  9. the authority of the president to place certain legislations that are passed by congress
  10. meeting in 1787 where the 12 states discussed the articles of confederation but decided to create the constitution
  11. a view that states should have independent authority to go against the federal government of the constitution
  12. systemsystem of government that authority rests with regional government
  13. authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional
  14. powers that aren't explicitly given to congress but given with necessary clause.
  15. makes federal law more important than state laws
  16. system of goverment where authority lies with national government
  17. presidential electors selected to represent their selected states during the election.
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  1. authorities other branches to have certain control over the others used to make sure one branch doesn't have to much power.
  2. A document (or set of documents) that will establish the basic rules for how a society should be governed.
  3. give congress the power to pass certain laws outside of their normal powers in the constitution
  4. powers granted to the congress by the constitution
  5. FDR's plan to add new supreme court justices so they would uphold his ideas
  6. the right of the states to rule that acts of congress laws are invalid/illegal
  7. authority is spread amongst branches equally giving them each different responsibilities
  8. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the states are represented equally by the upper chamber
  9. political party that was established by Alexander Hamilton and his followers. supported the constitution
  10. political powers is exercised directly by the citizens
  11. system of government where national and state powers are slipt equally
  12. compromise that granted states more representation in the house of representatives depending on how many slaves you have. counting them as 3/5 a person
  13. powers the states possess under the constitution

30 Clues: formal way to change the constitution • required states to return runaway slaves • act of formally withdrawing from the nation • powers the states possess under the constitution • makes federal law more important than state laws • authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional • powers granted to the congress by the constitution • ...

Review crossword puzzle 2020-09-29

Review crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  2. -contiguous railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass
  3. -abolished slavery in the United States
  4. -a law passed in 1764
  5. -was an american abolitionist, emancipationist. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
  6. - an estate on wich crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  7. -a treaty signed with France in 1803
  8. - a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution.
  9. - was a conflict between the united states and mexico.
  10. - a series of acts parliament
  11. -a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary Wa
  12. - signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862.
  13. -1st President of the United States
  14. -was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
  15. -a law passed by the British gov. in 1765
  16. -The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation
  17. -was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War
  18. - granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
Down
  1. -was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.,
  2. -a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
  3. - were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  4. -issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War.
  5. -was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an slaved person
  6. - a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.
  7. - is the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
  8. -3rd President of the United States
  9. - a conflict fought between the U.s and its allies against the united kingdom.
  10. - the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote
  11. - was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.

29 Clues: -a law passed in 1764 • - a series of acts parliament • -3rd President of the United States • -1st President of the United States • -a treaty signed with France in 1803 • -abolished slavery in the United States • -a law passed by the British gov. in 1765 • - was a conflict between the united states and mexico. • ...

New Government 2023-01-23

New Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Congress could tax imports but not exports.
  2. 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
  3. A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people
  4. A 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats
  5. Formal approval
  6. A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789.
  7. Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption
  8. Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states were contemplating its adoption.
  9. The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population
  10. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  11. 3rd president of the United States
Down
  1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams.
  2. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people
  3. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  4. Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
  5. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
  6. A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed
  7. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  8. America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of the press "ought not to be restrained"
  9. Financial support from the government
  10. Led by Thomas Jefferson, believed people should have political power, favored strong STATE governments, emphasized agriculture, strict interpretation of the Constitution, pro-French, opposed National Bank
  11. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  12. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
  13. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.

24 Clues: Formal approval • 3rd president of the United States • Financial support from the government • Congress could tax imports but not exports. • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • A belief that ultimate power resides in the people • A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789. • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams. • ...

SS Final Exam- People 2023-05-31

SS Final Exam- People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II. He began the New Deal in order to help Americans and the economy grow.
  2. An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory
  3. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state
  4. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
  5. American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe. Later, he was elected the President of the United States.
  6. Prominent black American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881.
  7. United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program following WWII
  8. an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
  9. American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the a steel company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.
Down
  1. leader of the Lakota Sioux who defeated U.S. troops in Montana
  2. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. A Republican politician who helped pass an act intended to assimilate Native Americans into the US.
  4. Chief Leader of Sioux in clashes with U.S. Army in Black Hills in 1870s
  5. President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis
  6. United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
  7. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
  8. Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West.
  9. Was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.
  10. A northern American politician. He developed the American System as well as negotiated numerous compromises.
  11. President of the Confederate States of America
  12. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote an opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott case that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

21 Clues: Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • President of the Confederate States of America • leader of the Lakota Sioux who defeated U.S. troops in Montana • Chief Leader of Sioux in clashes with U.S. Army in Black Hills in 1870s • United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state • ...

Anna Crossword 2025-08-14

Anna Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Curtis and _______
  2. What the man in our escape room was
  3. Action you did to me in our iconic States transition video
  4. My iXplore character
  5. Caught cuddling up at States awards
  6. Pierce and _______
  7. The villian in Bound by Greed
Down
  1. Sasha's definitely real home country
  2. Four nine two ________
  3. Duo that is party time excellent!
  4. Featuring lots of powder
  5. "Swing low, _______ chariot."
  6. "That _______ little jerk friend of yours!"
  7. "To the right, the Anglo-Saxons, to the left, the ______."
  8. Best member of the Saja Boys
  9. Movie we watched at States
  10. Drink gifted by Stella

17 Clues: Curtis and _______ • Pierce and _______ • My iXplore character • Four nine two ________ • Drink gifted by Stella • Featuring lots of powder • Movie we watched at States • Best member of the Saja Boys • "Swing low, _______ chariot." • The villian in Bound by Greed • Duo that is party time excellent! • What the man in our escape room was • Caught cuddling up at States awards • ...

States of Matter and Changes of States 2021-03-23

States of Matter and Changes of States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. no defined shape or volume
  2. any liquid becoming a solid
  3. randomly oriented particles
  4. has defined volume but not defined shape
  5. the liquids tend to ball up and stick together
  6. vaporization takes place inside as well as at the surface
  7. particles in a repeating formation
  8. has defined space and volume
  9. any liquid becoming a gas
Down
  1. vaporization takes place only at the surface
  2. gas loses enough energy to become liquid
  3. solid gain enough energy to become a gas
  4. a measure of how well the liquid flows
  5. any solid becoming a liquid

14 Clues: any liquid becoming a gas • no defined shape or volume • any liquid becoming a solid • randomly oriented particles • any solid becoming a liquid • has defined space and volume • particles in a repeating formation • a measure of how well the liquid flows • gas loses enough energy to become liquid • has defined volume but not defined shape • ...

Civil War 2021-06-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate General (last name)
  2. Hidden
  3. Armored ship
  4. when a states withdraws from the Union
  5. the freeing of the slaves
Down
  1. Against slavery
  2. Factory based economy
  3. Large farm
  4. plantation manager
  5. United States President
  6. northern states
  7. Farm based economy

12 Clues: Hidden • Large farm • Armored ship • Against slavery • northern states • plantation manager • Farm based economy • Factory based economy • United States President • the freeing of the slaves • Confederate General (last name) • when a states withdraws from the Union

idk 2017-11-16

idk crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of rights
  2. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—composes the legislature of the United State
  3. 10 commandments of the constitution.
  4. body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government.
  5. College
Down
  1. Review
  2. United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress. The Senate is the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States
  3. with misconduct.
  4. one's authority to reject or cancel
  5. approve
  6. of Representatives
  7. procedure by which a court can review an administrative action by a public body and secure a declaration, order, or award.

12 Clues: Review • approve • College • of rights • with misconduct. • of Representatives • one's authority to reject or cancel • 10 commandments of the constitution. • body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government. • ...

Causes of Civil War 2025-09-05

Causes of Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. war war between people of the same nation
  2. Loyalty to one’s own region rather than the country as a whole
  3. sovereignty idea that people living in a territory could decide whether to allow slavery
  4. rights belief that states have certain powers and rights independent of the national government
  5. When a region formally withdraws from a country or organization
Down
  1. escaped slaves
  2. People who wanted to end slavery
  3. states that remained loyal to the United States
  4. The national government of the United States.
  5. ideas, customs, and social behavior of a group
  6. The group of Southern states that left the Union

11 Clues: escaped slaves • People who wanted to end slavery • war war between people of the same nation • The national government of the United States. • ideas, customs, and social behavior of a group • states that remained loyal to the United States • The group of Southern states that left the Union • Loyalty to one’s own region rather than the country as a whole • ...

History crossword puzzle 2023-12-11

History crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Some African Americans went back to africa and some went to other parts of the country
  2. allowing people of different skin color to vote no matter if the used to be a slave
  3. the action of separating people based on race or gender
  4. in 1865 were they abolished slavery
  5. an agency that protected newly feed slaves
  6. laws enforcing segregation in the southern states
  7. southern supporters made it were you have to pay to vote and many african americans could not pay this amount so the couldent vote
Down
  1. the rights guaranteed to people as citizens and show equal treatment under the law
  2. an unwritten political deal that settled disputes over the 1876 election
  3. sectioning off states in the south to be different military districts
  4. One of the electives both did not get the electoral votes needed sto the republicans gave the republican runner 20 points
  5. took away the political provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment, which had barred former Confederates from holding office.
  6. Number of freed slaves in the country after the civil war
  7. granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteed equal protection under the law
  8. First time southern states voted since 1860 were Ulysses S. Grant ran
  9. the period of time after the civil war were the southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
  10. a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  11. laws passed in former confederate states that limit the rights of African Americans

18 Clues: in 1865 were they abolished slavery • an agency that protected newly feed slaves • laws enforcing segregation in the southern states • the action of separating people based on race or gender • Number of freed slaves in the country after the civil war • sectioning off states in the south to be different military districts • ...

preparing for the final (PIG) 2023-05-12

preparing for the final (PIG) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. knowledge, skill, and development gained from study or practice
  2. Decides who will be elected president and Vice President of the U.S
  3. Unites States States Senator
  4. Settling outside of Court
Down
  1. Becoming a citizen of the Unites States
  2. Dispute between two people
  3. System of laws by the Government
  4. Expose yourself to criminal prosecution.
  5. Ages 0-17
  6. Freedom of speech
  7. Vice President of the Unites States
  8. Violation of the law

12 Clues: Ages 0-17 • Freedom of speech • Violation of the law • Settling outside of Court • Dispute between two people • Unites States States Senator • System of laws by the Government • Vice President of the Unites States • Becoming a citizen of the Unites States • Expose yourself to criminal prosecution. • knowledge, skill, and development gained from study or practice • ...

Legislative Branch Crossword 2025-02-18

Legislative Branch Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lower chamber of the United States Congress.
  2. having the power to make laws.
  3. The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
  4. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
  5. Notwithstanding any other provision of general law or special act, the governing body of a county, city, or town shall not reapportion the representation in the governing body.
  6. a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
Down
  1. a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
  2. a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country.
  3. the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.
  4. the Constitution of the United States establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it.
  5. forbids any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes.
  6. the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
  7. having two branches or chambers.
  8. he presiding officer of the United States
  9. manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency."a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want"

15 Clues: having the power to make laws. • having two branches or chambers. • he presiding officer of the United States • the lower chamber of the United States Congress. • the upper chamber of the United States Congress. • a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. • a national legislative body, especially that of the US. • ...

The Civil War (VS.7a) 2016-02-16

The Civil War (VS.7a) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. John Brown led a raid at _____ Ferry, Virginia.
  2. _____ campaigned to end slavery.
  3. The South's economy was _____.
  4. Harriet Tubman led slaves to freedom along a _____ route.
  5. Nat Turner led a revolt against _____ owners in Virginia.
Down
  1. Harriet Tubman led slaves to freedom along the _____ Railroad.
  2. John Brown was trying to start a slave _____.
  3. The North's economy was _____.
  4. The South wanted new states in the west to be _____ states.
  5. The North wanted new states in the west to be _____ states.
  6. The South's _____ relied on slave labor.
  7. John Brown led a raid on the United States _____.

12 Clues: The North's economy was _____. • The South's economy was _____. • _____ campaigned to end slavery. • The South's _____ relied on slave labor. • John Brown was trying to start a slave _____. • John Brown led a raid at _____ Ferry, Virginia. • John Brown led a raid on the United States _____. • Harriet Tubman led slaves to freedom along a _____ route. • ...

United State Of America 2025-12-15

United State Of America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An institution of higher education after high school
  2. A major American television news network
  3. The supreme law of the United States
  4. The head of the executive branch of the USA
  5. The most popular sport in the USA
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  1. The system in which power is divided between the federal government and the states
  2. The legislative body of the United States government
  3. school The first stage of formal education in the United States
  4. The center of the American film industry
  5. The economic system of the United States
  6. The upper house of the US Congress
  7. A music genre that originated among African Americans

12 Clues: The most popular sport in the USA • The upper house of the US Congress • The supreme law of the United States • The center of the American film industry • A major American television news network • The economic system of the United States • The head of the executive branch of the USA • An institution of higher education after high school • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-05-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Northern States
  2. Place where the bloodiest battle was
  3. Confederate General
  4. General of Union Army
  5. Where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
  6. Southern States
  7. Nickname for people from the North
  8. Long blade attached to end of musket
Down
  1. required slaves be returned to their owners
  2. States that didn't leave Union by supported cause of Confederates
  3. tax on goods or services
  4. Nickname for South
  5. 16th President of the US
  6. withdrawl
  7. Crackers made from flour, water, and salt

15 Clues: withdrawl • Northern States • Southern States • Nickname for South • Confederate General • General of Union Army • tax on goods or services • 16th President of the US • Nickname for people from the North • Place where the bloodiest battle was • Long blade attached to end of musket • Where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated • Crackers made from flour, water, and salt • ...

realism 2013-06-18

realism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Period after WWII (two in one).
  2. Based on the idea that humans are flawed and threats are everywhere.
  3. Study of conflict and cooperation in the International system.
  4. The absence of rule or government.
  5. These levels are used to look at situations or events.
  6. According to Realists states act as a solid entity without division.
  7. The belief that those in power have the right to rule.
  8. Two major powers in the system.
  9. Helps us study the world and tells us where to look.
Down
  1. Realists believe that laws guiding IR are this.
  2. Given to states by the the treaty of Westphalia.
  3. Increased interdependence between states.
  4. Proposed that humans are selfish and self-interested.
  5. Measures the size, force and strength of an army.
  6. Wrote The Prince.
  7. Realists believe there is no place for IR theory.
  8. Offered first systematic scientific observation of historical events.
  9. Morgenthau, Machiavelli and Thucydides are this kind of Realist.
  10. Largest power in the international system also means chieftain.
  11. States, non-governmental organizations and terrorists organizations.

20 Clues: Wrote The Prince. • Period after WWII (two in one). • Two major powers in the system. • The absence of rule or government. • Increased interdependence between states. • Realists believe that laws guiding IR are this. • Given to states by the the treaty of Westphalia. • Measures the size, force and strength of an army. • Realists believe there is no place for IR theory. • ...

Civil War- Zak Swinson 2019-12-02

Civil War- Zak Swinson crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General who planned an attack and led Union troops into Shiloh
  2. capital of the Confederate states
  3. plagued camp life and proved to be deadly
  4. Eleven Southern states had seceded and formed the ______
  5. major crop of the South
  6. the North's biggest advantage over the South
  7. made all men 20-45 eligible for draft
  8. bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war
  9. most of the fighting happened in what region
  10. conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
  11. The states seceded in order to maintain this practice
  12. President of Confederacy
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  1. The South was based on agriculture, but the North had the most
  2. allowed to enlist in the Union Army after 1862
  3. prison that held over 30,000 prisoners
  4. this battle was the bloodiest engagement of the war
  5. President Lincoln sent ships to S.C. b/c they were low on ___
  6. President of the Union
  7. slave states that remained loyal to the Union
  8. the war begun in this location
  9. some citizens of this state opposed secession
  10. battle that increased confidence of Confederate troops

22 Clues: President of the Union • major crop of the South • President of Confederacy • the war begun in this location • capital of the Confederate states • made all men 20-45 eligible for draft • prison that held over 30,000 prisoners • conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy • plagued camp life and proved to be deadly • bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-04-24

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. soldiers who ride horses
  2. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
  3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  4. Union general who believed in total war
  5. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  6. confederate general
  7. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  8. Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  9. killed most of solders during the holocaust
Down
  1. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  2. withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
  3. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  4. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  5. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
  6. Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
  7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  8. To leave or withdraw
  9. laws passed to restrict African Americans
  10. A ship protected by iron armor
  11. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North

20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...